[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR3.301]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 3_IMPROPER BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PERSONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 3.3_Reports of Suspected Antitrust Violations
 
Sec.  3.301  General.


    (a) Practices that eliminate competition or restrain trade usually 
lead to excessive prices and may warrant criminal, civil, or 
administrative action against the participants. Examples of 
anticompetitive practices are collusive bidding, follow-the-leader 
pricing, rotated low bids, collusive price estimating systems, and 
sharing of the business.
    (b) Contracting personnel are an important potential source of 
investigative leads for antitrust enforcement and should therefore be 
sensitive to indications of unlawful behavior by offerors and 
contractors. Agency personnel shall report, in accordance with

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agency regulations, evidence of suspected antitrust violations in 
acquisitions for possible referral to (1) the Attorney General under 
3.303 and (2) the agency office responsible for contractor debarment and 
suspension under subpart 9.4.

[48 FR 42108, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1727, Jan. 11, 1985; 
50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985]