The Mexican Procurement Law ("LAASSP" by its Spanish acronym) establishes that, by general rule, all governmental acquisitions of goods and services must be procured through public tenders. Only in exceptional situations, it shall be allowed to do said acquisitions through a direct award or a tender restricted by invitation. Nonetheless, according to the LAASSP, public tenders may have three different scopes: (i) national, in which only Mexican suppliers or those which offer goods or services with at least 50% of national content are able to participate; (ii) international under the coverage of treaties, aimed both for national suppliers and foreign ones that belong to a country that has a free trade agreement celebrated with Mexico; and (ii) open international, where national and foreign suppliers may participate regardless of their nationality. In principle, governmental agencies and entities shall prefer a national public tender and only in cases in which it is declared void or other exceptional situations, the scope of the public tender may be broadened by general rule, all governmental acquisitions of goods and services must be procured through public tenders. Only in exceptional situations, it shall be allowed to do said acquisitions through a direct award or a tender restricted by invitation. Nonetheless, according to the LAASSP, public tenders may have three different scopes: (i) national, in which only Mexican suppliers or those which offer goods or services with at least 50% of national content are able to participate; (ii) international under the coverage of treaties, aimed both for national suppliers and foreign ones that belong to a country that has a free trade agreement celebrated with Mexico; and (ii) open international, where national and foreign suppliers may participate regardless of their nationality. In principle, governmental agencies and entities shall prefer a national public tender and only in cases in which it is declared void or other exceptional situations, the scope of the public tender may be broadened

In January 2017 the Federal Economic Competition Commission (FECC) issued its Annual Working Plan. In it, the FECC recognised that one of its strategic goals is to communicate to economic agents how anti-competitive practices will be investigated and which actions agents may adopt to prevent potential risks. In particular, the FECC declared that one of its goals for 2017 would be to launch a project to develop guidelines for the analysis of collaboration agreements between competitors. According to the FECC, this project will: l clarify key concepts on the subject; l collect best practices on the analysis of collaboration agreements among competitors; l indicate specific criteria to identify the activities that should be investigated; and l highlight collaboration agreements that may be considered collusive.