Bid rigging definition

Bid rigging means a prohibited collusive bidding practice in terms of which bidders that would normally be expected to compete in a procurement process either singularly or by association with other persons or firms in a horizontal relationship, secretly conspire to raise prices or lower the quality of goods and/or services or agree not to compete against each other in such process;
Bid rigging means agreement among potential competitors to manipulate the competitive bidding process, for example, by agreeing not to bid, to bid a specific price, to rotate bidding, or to give kickbacks.
Bid rigging means collusion between persons for the purpose of manipulating the proceedings;

Examples of Bid rigging in a sentence

  • Furthermore, I understand that fraud and unlawful collusion are crimes under the Virginia Governmental Frauds Act, the Virginia Government Bid Rigging Act, the Virginia Antitrust Act, and Federal Law, and can result in fines, prison sentences, and civil damage awards; That the accompanying bid is in compliance with applicable provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (§2.2-3100, et.


More Definitions of Bid rigging

Bid rigging means the unlawful practice whereby two or more bidders connive and agree not to bid against each another at an auction or intimidate other bidders with the intention to supress the prices of goods/property on auction. “Collusion” has the same meaning as “bid rigging”.
Bid rigging means a horizontal agreement between enterprises where—
Bid rigging means the concerted activity of two or
Bid rigging means any agreement, between enterprises or persons engaged in identical or similar production or trading of goods or provision of services, which has the effect of eliminating or reducing competition for bids or adversely affecting or manipulating the process for bidding.
Bid rigging means an illegal agreement between two or more competitors. It is a form of price fixing and market allocation, and involves an agreement in which one party of a group of bidders will be designated to win the bid. It is often practiced where contracts are determined by bid, for example with government construction contracts .Bid-rigging is a form of fraud, and almost always results in economic harm to the agency which is seeking the bids, and to the public, who ultimately bear the costs as taxpayers or consumers. In Canada, it is a criminal offence under section 47 of the Competition Act. (also see Collusion)
Bid rigging means any action in which two or more people conspire to restrain trade by artificially “fixing” or influencing bids in an auction. This can occur when bidders agree not to bid against one another so as to depress selling prices, or when an auctioneer and one or more others agree to try and artificially increase selling prices.
Bid rigging means the formation or continuation of an agreement or concerted practice between undertakings concerning or relating to their participation or non-participation in a relevant bidding process without informing the person requesting bids or tenders, and without