Press 2019-02-28 Östra Göinge Municipality made an illegal direct award of contract when a new building was constructed at the municipality’s bathing facility Trollabadet. The Swedish Competition Authority has now brought an action in court,...

Press 2019-02-01 Several of the proposed simplifications of the procurement rules that are set out in the report “Möjligt, tillåtet och tillgängligt” (Possible, permitted and accessible) are good and should be implemented. This is declared by...

Press 2019-01-21 The Swedish Packaging and Newspaper Collection Service (FTI) must give a rival company continued access to recycling stations. This according to a decision of the Patent and Market Court that upholds a decision of the the...

Press 2018-12-20 Dalarna County Council and Region Gotland are charged with fines/procurement damages for illegally directly awarding air ambulance contracts. The procurements were not advertised in accordance with the procurement rules,...

Press 2018-12-18 Malmö municipality is required to pay procurement fine of SEK 75,000 after the municipality’s city administration conducted an illegal direct award of contract regarding recruitment services. The Swedish Competition Authority...

Press 2018-12-07 Sölvesborg Municipality has conducted illegal direct award of contracts regarding procurements of social worker services and has therefore been ordered by the Swedish Competition Authority to pay SEK 250,000 as a fine/procure...

Press 2018-12-06 It is not unusual for the Swedish Competition Authority to see signs of suspected corruption in conjunction with an investigation in accordance with the competition and procurement regulations. This is clear from a new report...

Press 2018-12-04 Search engines, electricity market, healthcare and big data. These are a few of the areas that the winners in the Swedish Competition Authority’s essay competition have delved into. The six authors will share SEK 100 000.