Competition and Antitrust Policy
The Institute of Commissioning and Assurance (ICxA) is a not-for-profit professional body incorporated under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act in October 2025. We are committed to operating with integrity across all jurisdictions in which our members and we are active and to full compliance with applicable competition and antitrust law.
Our Commitment
ICxA brings together practitioners, portfolio owners, and organisations across international infrastructure and asset-intensive sectors. Because our work involves competitors meeting on common ground to share knowledge, develop standards and advance the profession, we take our competition law obligations seriously.
This policy applies to all ICxA officers, board directors, committee members, working group participants, staff, contractors and members when acting in any capacity connected with ICxA activities.
What This Means In Practice
Pricing and commercial terms
Members must not discuss, share, or coordinate prices, fees, rates, margins, or other commercial terms with competitors in any ICxA content.
Markets and customers
Members must not agree to divide markets, allocate customers or territories, or restrict the services offered in any sector.
Information exchange
Commercially sensitive information, including pricing data, bids, costs, and business strategies, must not be exchanged between competitors through ICxA forums or channels.
Standards and certification
ICxA standard-setting and accreditation programmes are developed transparently, with objective and non-discriminatory criteria to avoid market foreclosure or exclusionary conduct.
Applicable Law
Our international remit means this policy has regard to competition law across multiple jurisdictions, including the UK Competition Act 1998, the EU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Arts 101-102), the Canada Competition Act (RSC 1985, c C-34), the Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010), and the US federal antitrust statutes, including the Sherman and Clayton Acts.
Raising a concern. Any member or participant who becomes aware of conduct that may breach this policy or who is uncertain whether a proposed activity is permissible should contact the ICxA Chief Executive promptly. No person will be disadvantaged for raising a concern in good faith.
This statement is a summary. The full ICxA Competition and Antitrust Policy, including detailed conduct guidelines, is available upon request.