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20 Dec 2024 Tarkus Interiors Pte Ltd; Flex Connect Pte Ltd (vormals Facility Link Pte Ltd)CCCS: 9,999,181 SGD against two interior fit-out firms for bid rigging SingaporeCartels and collusion €7.09m

From August 2016 to August 2021, Flex Connect (formerly Facility Link) and Tarkus Interiors colluded on twelve tenders for interior fit-out works in shops, food and beverage outlets and offices worth around 34.11 million SGD in total: the designated winner gave the other firm its prices and details so that it would submit a higher cover bid. On 20 December 2024 the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) imposed penalties of 5,113,918 SGD on Tarkus and 4,885,263 SGD on Flex Connect, totalling 9,999,181 SGD (the CCCS itself states the total as 9,999,182 SGD); Flex Connect received a leniency discount.

What organisations can take from it

Cover bids remain prohibited collusion even if bidders fear being passed over in future tenders otherwise.

Relevance to training and awareness

Recognising and refusing bid rigging and cover bids

Authority / court
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)
Area of law
Competition law · Cartels and collusion
Legal basis
Competition Act 2004, s 34
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Construction and real estate
Mitigating circumstances
Leniency discount for Flex Connect.
Published
20 Dec 2024

Original amount 9,999,181 SGD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Dec 2024.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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