Suppliers of computers and IT equipment to the state authorities of the Russian Federation about two years ago concluded a cartel agreement involves the Federal Antimonopoly service (FAS) of the Russian Federation. As part of the investigation service checked the Russian offices of American Chinese Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard Inc. For Lenovo, which on the public sector accounts for 15% of revenue in Russia, rejecting suspicions by the FAS.
Yesterday FAS declared on the inspection of the Russian office of Lenovo in connection with a cartel investigation. A Lenovo representative confirmed that their office was visited by employees of the service. While the FAS has accounted for three of the Protocol on preventing checking, told “Kommersant” head of Department FAS on struggle against cartels Andrey Tenishev: “Apparently, there is something to hide.”
a Cartel in this market, there shall be at least two years, said Andrey Tenishev. “We are talking about the supply of PCs and IT equipment to the Federal and regional authorities, lots of hundreds of millions of rubles”— explains the official. FAS shall conduct the proceedings more than a month and checked more than ten Russian and foreign companies.
Lenovo reject suspicions FAS. “The cartel in public procurement — it sounds very strange,— said the head of Lenovo in Russia, CIS and Eastern Europe Gleb Mishin.— Each delivery of imported equipment in the current year to state agencies deeply unprofitable for the company because the starting price is focused on ruble prices at the exchange rate of 34 roubles for $ 1″. The sales of Lenovo in Russia, the public sector accounts for about 15% in revenue and 20% in units, he says.
the Test was also in the Russian office of Hewlett-Packard Inc. (HP), said the representative of the FAS. To HP on request “b” did not answer. The Acer representative said that they from the FAS on this issue is not addressed. Kraftway’s President Alexey Kravtsov said that the FAS have not tested it company. “It’s hard to imagine that we can have a cartel with Lenovo and HP,— he said.— When we were faced in contests with Lenovo, there was a tough competition. Usually Lenovo or company it represents, given lower prices”. He stressed that in comparison with the Russian OEMs international companies have additional resources to put lower prices on products. Contact a representative of Asus was able.
the Source “” in one of the foreign electronics manufacturers explains, theoretically, to organize a cartel in the tender, agreeing with competitors not to lower the price for the purchase of computers below the agreed amount. “In this case, the large tender, as a rule, is divided among several vendors that have offered roughly the same prices for delivery and all vendors stand to benefit,” he says. However, most of the major vendors, including Lenovo, supply the equipment through distributors, he adds. “Either check Lenovo along with some of the distributors, or the FAS just complained and they immediately went to check, not understanding the supply chain,”— says the source “b”.
As a rule, the FAS receives such information during inspections, but perhaps from another company that wants to earn leniency, says the CEO of “NP advice” Natalia pantyukhina. When checking FAS looks at e-mails and requests of companies when participating in public procurement, she says. But the cartel is an agreement, usually in oral form; the data about telephone negotiations of the leadership of the cartel the FAS may receive from law enforcement agencies, said the lawyer. Violators face a fine of up to 50% of the initial cost of the order, but not more than one twenty-fifth of the total amount of revenue of the offender from realisation of all goods (part 1 article 14.32 of the administrative code).
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