How to measure the penalty for the crime of collusion

The crime of colluding with bidders or colluding with bidders to win the bid refers to the behavior of bidders colluding with each other to raise or lower the bid price in the bidding process, which harms the interests of the tenderee or other bidders, or the behavior of bidders colluding with bidders to harm the legitimate rights and interests of the state, the collective and citizens.

Sentencing standard of this crime: if a natural person commits this crime, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If a unit commits this crime, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the above provisions.

Legal basis: Article 223 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Bidders who collude with each other in bidding quotations and harm the interests of the tenderee or other bidders, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined.

Bidders and tenderers who collude in bidding and harm the legitimate interests of the state, collectives and citizens shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.