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DOJ Antitrust “Strike Force” Will Crack Down on Collusive Bidding and Procurement Fraud

November 13, 2019 By Alston Government Contracts Team

On November 5, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of a new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) to prosecute collusive bidding and procurement fraud in government contracting. According to Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, the PCSF “will target bid-rigging and other antitrust crimes that can cost American taxpayers billions of dollars each year by undermining the federal government’s processes for purchasing goods and services and for money granted to states and municipalities to undertake large, high-dollar-figure public improvement projects.” The PCSF will [...]Read more

Filed Under: Advice to Contractors & Grant Recipients, Defense, Government Contract-Related Investigations and the False Claims Act, Public Construction, Public Contract Litigation, State, Regional and Local Government Contracts Tagged With: Bid Protest, Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs), False Claims Act (FCA), Government Spending, Press, Qui Tam, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

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