OIG Audit : W.W. GRAINGER, INC. AGREED TO PAY $14 MILLION TO RESOLVE OVERCHARGES

OIG Audit : W.W. GRAINGER, INC. AGREED TO PAY $14 MILLION TO RESOLVE OVERCHARGES


W.W. GRAINGER, INC. AGREED TO PAY $14 MILLION TO RESOLVE OVERCHARGES

On March 19, 2018, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Grainger) agreed to pay $14 million to resolve allegations that Grainger overcharged GSA customers for tax charges, freight costs, and billing errors. 

The settlement resolves allegations that between 2004 through 2017, Grainger overcharged government customers for purchases of tools, equipment, and maintenance and janitorial supplies made under Grainger’s GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract.

Semiannual Report to Congress, October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018,

Office of Inspector General, Department of the Treasury