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In the Picture - Bid rigging: winning or losing (together)?
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You’re preparing a bid for a major EU tender. At a trade fair, a competitor mentions that only your two companies are likely to bid. He suggests a “solution”: you submit an inflated offer, he submits a slightly lower one, wins, and then subcontracts part of the work to you.
You walk away and call your legal counsel. He labels it as bid rigging and advises you to clearly reject the proposal and avoid any further discussion.
πππ§π ππ¨ π€π§π¨π° π¦π¨π«π? Read our latest #inthepicture ‘Bid rigging: winning by losing (together)?’ here, or contact our competition partner Sebastien Engelen.
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