Beyond the multitude of conversations during the pricing and also at the time of submitting the proposals, the accuser pointed to certain proposals that were submitted and which, in her opinion, supported her claims. Thus, she pointed to Gilad's initial offer in the online bid ($384,000, as of 09:40), which was identical to Shachar's initial offer (although Gilad Shachar had already submitted a cheaper bid of $372,000, at 09:35), and to Shohat's second bid ($383,994, from 09:45), which was only $6 lower than Gilad's offer at the time. and at a stage when the competitors were not exposed to the prices of the competing bids (Ben Shmueli, each one could see his position in relation to the rest, p. 2309, paras. 5-13; Shohat, p. 6775, s. 2-14). Indeed, it is possible that this is not coincidental conduct and which could raise suspicion that Shachar shared with Shochat the price of the offer submitted by Gilad (Shohat's explanation of the matter was not entirely clear or convincing, p. 6776). However, from this it is not possible to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Shochat agreed to submit offers that would be higher than those of Wei in order to enable her to win the privileged status. As stated above, we have seen that at certain stages Shochat even submitted a lower bid than Wee's, without it being claimed or proven that this was done in coordination with Shachar and for the purpose of misrepresenting such a competition. As stated above, some of what Shachar said raised the possibility that the price reduction by the competitors was done without coordination with him and even forced him to lower the price of Wee's offer.
- Shohat's words – The accuser found in various statements made by Shohat, in his interrogation at the Authority and in his testimony at trial, support for the claim that a restrictive arrangement was made to coordinate the price quotes so that Wee's bid would be the cheapest in order to enable it to win the online bidding.
Shochat did not deny in his interrogation at the Authority and in his testimony at trial that he had spoken with Shahar during the online pricing (e.g., P/240, paras. 407-410; p. 6783, paras. 13-14). At the same time, in his interrogation with the Authority and in his testimony in court, Shohat denied that he coordinated with Shachar the prices of Matrix's bids and insisted that he had offered the prices he had offered independently (e.g., P/240, Qs. 405-406, P. 6783, S. 8-10).