Press 2016-12-06 Region Skåne has concluded two contracts regarding healthcare services through illegal direct awards. The Swedish Competition Authority is now taking the matter to court and is demanding a ruling that Region Skåne must pay...

Press 2016-12-01 The requirements for contracting authorities to draw up guidelines for direct awards and to document direct awards above SEK 100,000 have been effective. Nine in ten public authorities have introduced steering documents...

Press 2016-11-25 The Swedish Competition Authority has found that the companies Ragn-Sells AB and Bilfrakt Bothnia AB breached the competition rules when they agreed not to compete in municipal tenders for waste collection in the Västerbotten...

Press 2016-11-25 Grades, pharmaceuticals, personal data and home-help – these are just some of the subjects tackled by the winners of the Swedish Competition Authority’s essay-writing contest. The jury had no fewer than 37 student essays to...

Press 2016-11-24 The merger of Logstor and Powerpipe, which the Patent and Market Court of Appeal has today approved, will lead to a strong concentration in Sweden’s market for district heating pipes. This is the finding of the Swedish...

2016-11-24 Today the Minister for Housing and Digital Development Peter Eriksson presented the government’s decision on the new Director General for the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS), Dan Sjöblom.

Press 2016-11-18 The Swedish National Agency for Public Procurement and the Swedish Competition Authority have produced a new report with statistics on public procurement. The report shows that procurement relating to framework agreements is...

2016-11-01 The interactive guide "Can I perform a direct award?" is a tool to support and assist anyone who handles public procurements. The guide is now available in an English version.