{"id":9933,"date":"2019-03-28T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olartemoure.com\/?p=9933"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:50:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:50:59","slug":"colombia-competition-office-sanctions-companies-for-collusion-in-bidding-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/colombia-competition-office-sanctions-companies-for-collusion-in-bidding-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia: Competition Office sanctions companies for collusion in bidding process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 31 January 2019, the Colombian Competition Office (SIC) sanctioned PROYECTAR INGENIER\u00cdA S.A.S. and DESARROLLAMOS INGENIERIAS S.A.S. for collusion in a bidding process in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The companies maintained a prolonged relationship of coordinated collaboration, conduct that violates free competition.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, a USD 244,250.51 fine was imposed on PROYECTAR INGENIER\u00cdA S.A.S. and USD 65,400.41 on DESARROLLAMOS INGENIER\u00cdA LTDA. Individuals were also sanctioned for collaborating, facilitating, authorizing, executing and\/or tolerating said anticompetitive conduct for amounts up to USD 24,024.64.<\/p>\n<p>Original source in Spanish:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b44799ae064f26c13005463dc&amp;id=1560b99dae&amp;e=d1cf43e96b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/olartemoure.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db44799ae064f26c13005463dc%26id%3D1560b99dae%26e%3Dd1cf43e96b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1553691108277000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbu1LzeI6PrHC4YuRsVqL1S9rr3A\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2WgbqkN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 31 January 2019, the Colombian Competition Office (SIC) sanctioned PROYECTAR INGENIER\u00cdA S.A.S. and DESARROLLAMOS INGENIERIAS S.A.S. for collusion in a bidding process in 2013. The companies maintained a prolonged relationship of coordinated collaboration, conduct that violates free competition. As a result, a USD 244,250.51 fine was imposed on PROYECTAR INGENIER\u00cdA S.A.S. and USD 65,400.41 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-competition-law","category-newsletter-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colombia: Competition Office sanctions companies for collusion in bidding process - OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/colombia-oficina-de-competencia-sanciona-a-empresas-por-colusion-en-proceso-de-licitacion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colombia: Competition Office sanctions companies for collusion in bidding process\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On 31 January 2019, the Colombian Competition Office (SIC) sanctioned PROYECTAR INGENIER\u00cdA S.A.S. and DESARROLLAMOS INGENIERIAS S.A.S. for collusion in a bidding process in 2013. 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