bid rigging definition

bid rigging

Illegal conspiracy in which competitors join to artificially increase the prices of goods and/or services offered in bids to potential customers. It may also include carving up the potential business between the conspirators. Also called bid suppression.

bid rigging is in the Agreements & Contracts and Purchasing & Procurement subjects.

bid rigging appears in the definitions of the following terms: rejected bid and bid suppression

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