Bid-rigging case surrounding the Olympics Majority of bids for test competitions “One company bids” (November 27, 2022)

In the bid-rigging case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, it was found that the majority of the bids for the competition test competition were “one-company bids” with only one company participating. There is a suspicion of collusion over the bidding for the test tournament ordered by the tournament organizing committee, and advertising giants such as Dentsu, which received the order, were raided by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Fair Trade Commission. Subsequent interviews with related parties revealed that the majority of the 26 bids conducted for the test competition were “single bidders” with only one company participating. Before bidding, the Organizing Committee had created a “list” that reflected the achievements and intentions of each company for each competition, and the results were almost exactly the same.
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