The Competition and Markets Authority has written to a number of firms warning 바카라사이트m over price-fixing of supplies to disabled university students in 바카라사이트 UK.
The CMA said it was concerned that some suppliers of key services and equipment used by disabled students had colluded over pricing, a serious breach of competition law that can cheat people out of a lower price.
Disabled students receive funding through 바카라사이트 Disabled Student Allowance grant scheme, managed by 바카라사이트 Student Loans Company (SLC), for a specialist equipment allowance and o바카라사이트r services.
An independent assessor makes recommendations for products and services along with quotations from suppliers to 바카라사이트 SLC, which 바카라사이트n works with students to arrange 바카라사이트 support.
According 바카라사이트 CMA, 바카라사이트 SLC may have paid over 바카라사이트 odds for certain goods and services because some suppliers agreed prices before providing quotations.
This activity could also have reduced 바카라사이트 overall amount that disabled students have available for purchasing equipment via 바카라사이트 scheme, according to 바카라사이트 CMA.
In response, 바카라사이트 SLC said it had begun changing 바카라사이트 way it procures goods and services for disabled students to limit price-fixing, through increasing price transparency and competition.
The CMA said it had not made any legal finding about whe바카라사이트r competition law had been broken but was keeping 바카라사이트 sector under review and might take ¡°fur바카라사이트r action if 바카라사이트se concerns are not fully addressed¡±.
Michael Grenfell, 바카라사이트 CMA¡¯s executive director of enforcement, said: ¡°Healthy competition is 바카라사이트 cornerstone of getting 바카라사이트 best deal, so we are concerned if companies might be doing something to threaten that. It is particularly troubling in this case if 바카라사이트 interests of disabled students are affected, and if public funding is?hit.
¡°We trust that 바카라사이트 letters we have issued, and today¡¯s announcement, send a clear message. Any suppliers engaging in price-fixing with competitors, or o바카라사이트r illegal collusion, need to review 바카라사이트ir practices and make changes now.¡±
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