Procurement collusion occurs when contractors secretly coordinate to eliminate competition in government contracting. Common forms include bid rigging (pre-determining the winner), price-fixing (agreeing on inflated prices), and bribery of government officials to steer contracts. The DOJ Antitrust Division's Procurement Collusion Strike Force, established in 2019, coordinates federal law enforcement to detect and prosecute these schemes. Collusion harms taxpayers by driving up contract costs and harms honest competitors by shutting them out of the market. It also degrades the quality of government services and national security assets when fraudulent contractors win work they didn't earn.