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035			_a(Sirsi) u127055
100			_aTupper, S.
245			_aRoof falls in on plot to rig contract bidding
260			_c2004
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0418) 17 July 2004, 113(1)
520			_aDiscusses recent OFT investigations into bid rigging involving a flat roofing construction cartel. The illegal arrangements concerned a system whereby the companies involved covered each other's prices, by putting in, what were in effect, dummy bids containing artificially high prices when tendering for work for what were considered to be reserved customers. The companies were fined, but similar offences committed after 20 June 2003 can be prosecuted under the Enterprise Act 2002, with jail sentences likely. Similar illegal arrangements may be targeted in the property industry. Such firms must ensure they comply with procedures to stay within the law.
590			_aABS
590			_aABS
650			_aCARTELS
650			_aENTERPRISE ACT 2002
650			_aCOMPETITION ACT 1998
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-PROCUREMENT, PARTNERING, TENDERING
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999			_c117843 _d117843