Competition Matters

Just as individuals can be targeted by scam artists, so too can organizations.

We encourage you to suggest a topic, or ask a question of the legal staff of the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section. Questions will be addressed in future issues of “Competition Matters.” (No individuals’ or organizations’ names will be published.) Please submit your questions or suggested topics to Beth Hubbard at Beth.Hubbard@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Partnership for Competitive Purchasing takes a proactive approach to bid-rigging detection.  Our attorneys and investigators regularly work on issues related to anti-competitive activities, giving them the expertise to help you spot bid-rigging and price-fixing.

When unscrupulous vendors rig bids, the competitive process is disrupted.  At times, the bid results look perfectly normal and the wrongdoers fly quietly under the radar.  At other times, however, the results look so unusual as to raise immediate suspicion.

You can tailor the topics and timing of email communications from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. 

Public officials and procurement professionals have their hands full managing the day-to-day operations of their cities, townships, counties, school districts, and other public bodies.  Although officials have little time to enroll in a university course on antitrust law or bid-rigging detection, the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section can bring training to you.  

In 2013, the Caguas school district conducted an auction to award four-year contracts for its bus routes.  But the companies that appeared to compete at the auction for the routes were not really competing at all.  Company officials met before the auction and divided the contracts among themselves, deciding which company would win which route.

Tailor the topics and timing of email communications you receive from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

We encourage you to suggest a topic or ask a question of the legal staff of the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section. 

We have attorneys and investigators available to present your group with a lively presentation that educates participants on the basics of antitrust law.