On June 16th and 17th, 2010 the Fair Trading Commission conducted a training workshop on Detecting, Mitigating and Fighting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement. The workshop brought together senior public sector officials from government departments and agencies.

The aim of the workshop was to sensitize all agencies involved on how to detect and prevent bid-rigging in the procurement process which occurs when businesses who submit tenders collude or collaborate to influence the tendering process. This anti-competitive practice is expressly forbidden under Section 35 of the Fair Competition Act CAP.326C.

The presentations focused on:

• Detecting Bid Rigging in Public Procurement
• Designing Tenders to Mitigate Bid Rigging
• The Certificate of Independent Bid Determination (CIBD)
• Building Partnerships with Procurement Agencies