Identical bid prices (R028)¶
Different tenderers submitted bids with the same price.
Methodology¶
A contracting process is flagged if different tenderers submitted bids with the same price.
These tenderers are also flagged.
Example
The Ministry of Defense opens bids early and leaks the lowest price to BribeCorp. BribeCorp submits a bid matching the lowest price. The Ministry of Defense awards the contract to BribeCorp.
Why is this a red flag?
A corrupt buyer can award the pre-determined bidder by leaking competitors’ prices.
Based on “Bidders having the same bid price” in Assessing the potential for detecting collusion in Swedish public procurement and “Different companies include identical unit prices in their bid documents” in Fraud in Public Procurement: A collection of Red Flags and Best Practices.
Output¶
The indicator’s value is always 1.0.
If the --map command-line flag is set, the Maps key contains:
- ocid_tenderer_r028
The flagged tenderers for each flagged
ocid.
Configuration¶
The indicator is not configurable.
See also
no_price_comparison_procurement_methods and price_comparison_procurement_methods in Global configuration
Exclusions¶
A contracting process is excluded if:
Prices are predetermined by the buyer.
Demonstration¶
Input
{"ocid":"F","bids":{"details":[{"status":"valid","value":{"amount":1,"currency":"USD"},"tenderers":[{"id":"V"}]},{"status":"disqualified","value":{"amount":1,"currency":"USD"},"tenderers":[{"id":"D"}]}]}}
Output
$ ocdscardinal indicators --settings docs/examples/settings.ini --no-meta docs/examples/R/028.jsonl
{"OCID":{"F":{"R028":1.0}},"Tenderer":{"D":{"R028":1.0},"V":{"R028":1.0}}}