Introduction The Israeli Competition Authority (ICA) recently published a draft public statement for comment regarding the submission of joint bids by competitors in tenders. The draft proposes an interpretation of the Competition Law that may significantly affect the business activities of entities operating in Israeli tender markets. The ICA's draft public statement significantly limits the ability to conduct self-assessment for joint bidding. This may, in turn, result in significantly increasing the need to obtain prior approval to joint bidding. The ICA's draft public statement also lists the primary considerations that will guide the competition commissioner when examining requests to exempt joint bidding. These considerations can also be implemented by the parties when performing a self-assessment in cases where the block exemption applies.