12 Miss. Code. R. 6-3.122.01
For the purposes of this regulation, an anticompetitive practice is a practice among bidders or offerers which reduces or eliminates competition or restrains trade. An anticompetitive practice can result from an agreement or understanding among competitors to restrain trade such as submitting collusive bids or proposals, or result from illicit business actions which have the effect of restraining trade, such as controlling the resale price of products or an improper collective refusal to bid. Indications of suspected anticompetitive practices include, but are not limited to, identical bids or proposals, rotated low bids or proposals, sharing of the business, "tie-in" sales, resale price maintenance, and group boycotts. See Subsection 3.122.05, Other Anticompetitive Practices.
Commentary
Bidders and offerers are prohibited by federal and some states' law from collectively responding to a solicitation in a manner that controls directly or indirectly the price of a supply, service, or construction item sought. This prohibition may extend generally to such actions as establishing any of the following: minimum or maximum prices, uniform list prices, uniform credit terms, uniform discounts, uniform costs and mark-ups, uniform trade-in allowances, specified price differentials between varying grades of the same product, price ranges, price scales or price calculation formulas, and minimum fee schedules.
12 Miss. Code. R. 6-3.122.01