Antitrust Enforcement in Federal Procurement – DOJ’s New Lawsuit to Block a Merger Suggests that Things May Be Getting Interesting

Bracewell – In November 2019, the Department of Justice formed the Procurement Collusion Strike Force (“PCSF”) to focus the government’s enforcement resources on “deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes, which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding.” A recent complaint to block a merger suggests that scrutiny of teaming agreements by the PCSF may ramp up considerably.

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