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Australia's Spotless says it didn’t compete with Ventia, BGIS in landmark cartel case

By James Panichi ( May 7, 2025, 06:12 GMT | Insight) -- Spotless Facility Services has argued that Ventia Australia and BGIS, both rival companies providing facility services to Australia’s military, weren’t true competitors on several multi-billion-dollar contracts that are at the center of a price-fixing civil lawsuit. In court filings seen by MLex, Spotless argued that neither Ventia nor BGIS had supplied specific services in certain parts of the country and that Spotless had been the sole provider of estate works that met the specifications put forward by Australia's Department of Defence.Downer Group-owned Spotless Facility Services has argued that Ventia Australia and BGIS, both rival companies providing facility services to Australia’s military, weren’t true competitors on several multi-billion-dollar contracts that are at the center of a price-fixing civil lawsuit....

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