Press releases - Public Procurement

2018-08-20 / Annual Report 2017 The Office for the Protection of Competition published its Annual Report 2017

2017-06-28 / Annual Report 2016 published The Office for the Protection of Competition published its Annual Report 2016

2016-05-26 / 25 Years Protecting Competition On 26th May 2016 the Office for the Protection of Competition organized a conference to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the competition law in the Czech Republic and the Office´s establishment on 1st June 1991

2014-02-11 / Krajska zdravotni did not proceed in accordance with the law when purchasing equipment The Office for the Protection of Competition imposed by its first instance decision the fine of CZK 600,000 for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts on the company Krajská zdravotní

2014-01-13 / The fine of CZK 1 million imposed on the University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady was confirmed THE FINE OF CZK 1 MILLION IMPOSED ON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KRALOVSKE VINOHRADY WAS CONFIRMED The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”), Mr Petr Rafaj, confirmed the fine of CZK 1 million that was imposed for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts (“the Act”) on...

2013-12-19 / Chairman of The Office upheld decisions in cases of manipulated electronic drawings The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”), Petr Rafaj, upheld eight first-instance decisions in which the Office stated the violation of the Act on Public Contracts which consisted of non-transparent narrowing of the number of tenderers through electronic drawing device

2013-12-16 / Administration of roads of Karlovy Vary region impermissibly narrowed the range of tenderers The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) imposed fines in the amount of CZK 1 million and CZK 600,000 in its two first-instance decisions to Krajská správa a údržba silnic Karlovarského kraje (Regional Administration and Maintenance of Roads of Karlovy Vary Region) for a violation...

2013-12-11 / Breach of a ban on discrimination of tenderers The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) imposed the fine of CZK 500,000 to the company Krodos Bus, a.s., for administrative offences when awarding a public contract for the supply of low-floor intercity buses with a length of approximately 12 meters

2013-12-04 / Road and Motorway Directorate unlawfully awarded a public contract for the repair of a bridge in Trutnov The Office for the Protection of Competition (“the Office”) imposed by its first-instance decision the fine of CZK 800,000 to the Road and Motorway Directorate for the violation of the Act on Public Contracts (“the Act”) in the award procedure „I/14 repair of the bridge, evidence number 14-069 Trutnov HSM”

2013-10-18 / Fines for the Prague City Hall and Prague Public Transport company in the Open Card case were confirmed The Chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition, Petr Rafaj, has confirmed by his second-instance decision the fine in the amount of CZK 600,000 imposed to the Prague City Hall and of CZK 500,000 imposed to Public Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague for the violation of the Act on Public...