After a competitive bid process, the Laboratory selected DataDirect Networks to build the file system.
Put them through a competitive bid process (sealed bid or auction), with pre-set milestones.
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Now the local government, irritated with Tepco over post-2011 supply hiccups, wants to put the power out to competitive bid.
Private equity and eBay, which still owns 30% of Skype, may actually sell, unless Google or someone else rushes in with a competitive bid.
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Prosper, another such venture, operates competitive auctions in which lenders bid to offer borrowers the lowest interest rates.
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And over the past six months, agencies have been making cuts by looking for better deals, by ending contracts and doing work in house, and by opening up no-bid contracts to competitive bidding.
The amount spent on no-bid, non-competitive contracts jumped by 129 percent.
Marsh, he says, solicited false quotes from insurers in order to pretend that the bid process had been competitive, while simply channelling business to insurers that promised it the biggest commissions.
In August Rousseff announced plans for competitive auctions in which private contractors can bid for projects, such as the right to operate 7, 500km of roads and 10, 000km of railways.
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The analytic literature puts the average winning bid at one-third to two-thirds below competitive prices.
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In addition, in areas where temporary monopsony power arose and generated rents for employers it would provide firms with the incentive to locate there and bid up the below market wages until they reached the competitive level.
Analysts say the merger, which would combine the second and third largest office-supplies retailers into a more profitable, more competitive business, stands a better shot at regulatory approval than the 1997 bid by Staples to purchase Office Depot.
In a bid to offset the impact of sterling's rise and remain competitive with duty-free shops abroad, Heathrow's shops are offering travellers who pay in various foreign currencies a more favourable exchange rate than the current market rate.
In contrast, Qwest was seen to be making its bid as a last ditch-effort to stay afloat in the increasingly competitive telecommunications industry.
Since November, IBM Chief Executive Sam Palmisano has been making futurist statements about the need for a "smarter" national infrastructure, using information technology to upgrade the nation's roads, electric grid and health care system in a bid to increase their efficiency -- and to make America more internationally competitive and to create thousands of jobs.
Sanofi's bid for Aventis has put both companies in play, and all of the ingredients for a competitive bidding war are there.
In a statement, MCI (nasdaq: MCIP - news - people ) said it has accepted the new bid and that Verizon's (nyse: VZ - news - people ) superior competitive position makes it a more compelling partner than Qwest.
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