Furniture removal firm charged with collusive tendering
Furniture removal firm Stuttaford Van Lines was yesterday charged with 649 counts of collusive tendering related to hundreds of government tenders issued for furniture transportation. A Fin24 report says the Competition Commission, which referred the firm to the Tribunal after it completed its investigation, said it was the highest number of charges ever recorded in anti-cartel enforcement by the commission.
The tenders were issued by the Presidency, Parliament, the SA Secret Service, the SA Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, SARS, the Reserve Bank, the Department of Justice, the Public Protector as well as SOEs and private companies, the commission said yesterday. The commission has referred the case to the Tribunal for adjudication and is asking it to fine the company 10% of its annual turnover on each of the 649 charges.
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