The Japan Fair Trade Commission said that the Japan Pension Service, which places an order for bid rigging for printing and shipping bids for "Nenkin Regular Service," did not notify the Fair Trade Commission even though there was information on the bid rigging. Is near, and it is a policy to request improvement of the response such as promptly reporting to the Organization.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has investigated that more than 20 printing companies have repeatedly argued over the work of creating and shipping printed matter ordered by the Japan Pension Service, such as "Nenkin Regular Service" that notifies the estimated amount of pension receipt. Is proceeding.
According to the people concerned, the Japan Pension Service received information that the bid rigging was taking place in January 2016, canceled the scheduled bid and interviewed each company, but because it was denied, it was a fair trade. It means that he did not notify the committee.
The collusion continued after that, and the Fair Trade Commission determined that PMDA's response was inappropriate in terms of the Antimonopoly Act to prevent collusion.
Therefore, in similar cases, we have established a policy of requesting improvement in response, such as promptly reporting.
The Japan Fair Trade Commission is requesting the Organization to make improvements in the near future, and will order more than 20 printing companies to pay a total surcharge of approximately 1.4 billion yen.