CA loses P114m bid-rigging case again
Friday, August 04, 2017
The companies, Creative Business Solutions, trading as Bread & Butter Foods and Rabbit Group, were said to have colluded to divide tenders worth a combined P114 million amongst themselves.
The companies were also accused of having conspired to fix prices, in contravention of section 25(b) and (c) of the Competition Act. The Authority had acted on a tip-off from an informer alleging that the companies, in response to the tenders, had colluded in terms of pricing. The tender was for the supply of 7,530 metric tonnes of sugar beans to the Ministry of Local Government.
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