{"id":5104,"date":"2020-12-14T20:41:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T20:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/federal-contractor-alert-doj-expands-procurement-collusion-strike-force\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T14:21:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T14:21:04","slug":"federal-contractor-alert-doj-expands-procurement-collusion-strike-force","status":"publish","type":"member_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/federal-contractor-alert-doj-expands-procurement-collusion-strike-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Contractor Alert: DOJ Expands Procurement Collusion Strike Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proving it is serious about cracking down on collusion among government contractors, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has announced a significant expansion of the Procurement Collusion Strike Force.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for federal contractors and defense suppliers to ensure that bidding operations are designed to avoid any conduct that could be construed as a \u201cred flag\u201d that would draw the attention of the Antitrust Division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxrothschild.com\/publications\/department-of-justice-expands-scope-of-the-procurement-collusion-strike-force\/\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proving it is serious about cracking down on collusion among government contractors, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5144,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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