UFU Suspected of Violating Antimonopoly Law

Sverdlovsk Region division of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service received a complaint from Lider Chistoty regarding B.N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University, the coordinator of a tender for cleaning services (open auction 208А-2011) for the university and for the UFU Classical Education Center (open auction 211-А-2011).

Ural Federal University is now involved in a lawsuit, with charges based on Article 17 of the Competition Protection Act: the university is suspected of favoritism towards one or several tender applicants, which was manifested in not providing the bidder with information regarding the outcome of the auctions.