New Guidelines For The Detection Of Bid Rigging In Public Procurement

In June 2011 the Commission for Protection of Competition issued Guidelines for the Detection of Bid Rigging in Public Procurement.

The commission identified bid rigging as one of the most serious violations of competition, pointing out that it not only affects competition, but also has a significant impact on the state economy. Market participants often secretly agree to raise the price of goods or services, or lower to the quality of goods or services, depending on the nature of the public procurement in question.

The new guidelines provides answers to questions such as the following:

• What are the most common forms of bid rigging?
• In which markets is bid rigging more likely to occur?