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Price Fixing and Bid Rigging Report Form

Thank you for reporting this problem to the Office of the Attorney General. Although this office does not represent individual complainants, it uses complaint information it receives to determine whether there is a pattern or practice by a business that warrants investigation or possible legal action by OAG.

To file your complaint, please fill out all sections of the form below. Provide as much information as possible. Select the Submit button at the end to forward your report to us. The office will notify you if any action is to be taken. All fields marked with an asterisk are required.

Section I: How Do We Reach You?

Your Contact Information
Your name*
Address*
City*
State    Zip  
Home Telephone
Work Telephone
Email Address*
Best Contact Time



Section II: Who is your Report About?

Business Information
Name of Business*
Address
City
State    Zip  
Telephone
Website or Email
Product or Service



Section III: What Did You Notice?

Answer "yes" or "no;" then describe in detail.
What amount of money is involved?
Is there evidence that two or more competing sellers of similar products agreed to:   
  • Price their products a certain way,   
  • Sell only a certain amount of their product, or   
  • Sell only in certain areas or to certain customers?
  •  Yes      No 
    Are there large price changes involving more than one seller of very similar products of different brands, (particularly if the price changes are of an equal amount and occur at about the same time)?  Yes      No 
    Are there suspicious statements from a seller suggesting that only one firm can sell to a particular customer or type of customer?  Yes      No 
    Have fewer competitors than normal submitted bids on a project?  Yes      No 
    Have competitors submitted identical bids on a project?  Yes      No 
    Has the same company repeatedly been the low bidder on contracts for a certain product or service or in a particular area?  Yes      No 
    Do bidders seem to win bids on a fixed rotation?  Yes      No 
    Is there is an unusual and unexplainable large dollar difference between the winning bid and all other bids on particular projects?  Yes      No 
    Does the same bidder bid substantially higher on some bids than on others, and there is no logical cost reason to explain the difference?  Yes      No 
    Provide additional detail here, including points not suggested above. Describe events in the order that they happened:



    Section IV: Follow Up

    OAG Review

    Have you shared your complaints with a supervisor or other work colleague or a law enforcement agency? Do you want us to speak with the supervisor or work colleague?     Yes     No 
    If yes, provide names and contact information for them.



    By submitting this information, I hereby attest to the accuracy or truthfulness of the content.   Yes     No 

    Date*        Signature*  (Please type your name)

    To review the information before you submit, or to print a copy for your records, select View Printable Form, then select the print icon from the browser window.

           

    Office of the Attorney General
    Government of the District of Columbia
    441 4th Street, NW, Suite 450 North
    Washington, DC 20001
    (202) 442-9828 (consumer hotline)
    Fax: (202) 727-6546