Press releases - Public Procurement
2019-03-11 / Chairman of the Office is convinced that the investigation will confirm the legality of all administrative proceedings Last week, the Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) was one of the objectives of the police inspection, which main purpose was, among other things, to investigate alleged undue influence on the review of public procurement in case of the electronic toll system
2018-10-02 / The Office changes its e-mail domain to uohs.cz Starting October 2018, the Office for the Protection of Competition is changing its e-mail domain from so far used domain @compet.cz to the new domain @uohs.cz. Therefore, e-mail address of the e-registry of the Office will be posta@uohs.cz . Old e-mail addresses will be functional till the end...
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
