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2006年06月14日 07時55分03秒 | 新聞記事から
公共工事競争広がる
ゼネコン落札価格低下
大手4社 独禁法改正が効果
1-3月予定価格の8割

表で、
ゼネコン大手4社の平均落札率と落札件数

It is learned that competition in the public works projects has recently been intensified. According to some data, contract prices of the most major general contractors in the country have been significantly lowered.
This is a clear and explicit effect of the revised Antitrsut Law enacted in the end of last year. In January through March this year, contract prices was, on avearge, around 80 % of anticipated prices by authorities,caomapred with 97% in the previous period of last year.

in a table,
winning-bid ratio,on average, and successful cases, of the most major 4 general contactors