Approaches to assessing potential competition theories of harm in technology sector mergers: evaluation of past merger decisions
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key details
| Value | £130,000 |
|---|---|
| Status | complete |
| Category (CPV) | 73110000 +1 more |
| Region | London |
| Deadline | 19 Sept 2018 |
| Contract start | 15 Oct 2018 |
| Contract end | 31 Mar 2019 |
| Procedure | selective |
| SME suitable | Yes |
| OCID | ocds-b5fd17-5eb3f37a-b131-4d0d-b864-a9ccc50f4a30 |
Award
| Supplier | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lear | £130,000 | 7 Oct 2018 | active |
description
- The CMA would like to commission an external research and evaluation project looking at approaches to assessing potential competition theories of harm and evaluating past merger decisions in the technology sector. The aim of the project is to draw lessons from relevant economic theory and literature on technology markets, and from reviews of past techonology merger decisions, in order to inform the CMA's assessment of the impact of potential competition and the likelihood that the potential would be realised in future technology merger cases.
notice history
1 notice published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2018 | Award (award) | · | 4f299aa5-4bd1-437c-95b0-e6a9a56a5ffd-260266 |
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