Olympic rigging case Dentsu advice to emphasize order results in bidding selection?

In a bid-rigging case involving the operation of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the advertising giant Dentsu, which received the order, was involved in the formulation of the selection method for bidding. Interviews with people involved revealed that there was a suspicion that he was giving advice.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is believed to be working together to distort the fairness of the bidding process.

Yasuo Mori, 56, former deputy director of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee's tournament management department, and Koji Hemi, 55, a former executive of Dentsu who served as managing director of the sports business department, etc. The person was accused of illegally coordinating orders for projects totaling 40 billion yen, such as bidding for planning work for test competitions for each sport ordered by the organizing committee and operation work for the main tournament. He was arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating the prohibition law.

According to people involved, Deputy Director Morimoto and former executive Hemi originally planned to allocate companies that would receive orders through free contracts based on the performance of each competition for the planning work of the test competition, but in the end It means that it has been decided to place an order in competitive bidding.

However, Dentsu later became involved in the formulation of bidding selection methods, and there is a suspicion that it advised the organizing committee to focus on the results of orders received for operations of the same competition and large-scale competitions. I understand new.

The standards that were actually formulated were 30 points out of 100 for "results", accounting for the same high percentage as "price", and Dentsu received orders for some of the work.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is believed to have been working with the organizing committee to distort the fairness of the bidding so that the companies that had been assigned to it would be able to receive bids.