She said she was then asked to form a joint bid with the trust.
Beijing is expected to launch a joint bid with France's EDF for South African contracts.
The joint bid has been made by the National Trust and Dorset County Council.
The Netherlands and Belgium have already made a joint bid, while Australia has submitted its application.
Private equity firm KKR is reportedly exploring the possibilities of launching a joint bid either with Nestle or Hershey.
The two governments recently agreed on a joint bid to hold the European football championship in 2008.
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It said Circle made a joint bid with the Royal Surrey County Hospital, which was later withdrawn.
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The Kommersant newspaper said on Monday that Gazprom could launch a joint bid for Sibneft with Royal Dutch Shell.
Scottish rival FirstGroup initially won the contract to run the line, with Stagecoach's joint bid with Virgin losing out.
Spurs submitted interest in the Olympic Stadium last week in a joint bid with sport and entertainment company AEG.
England face coming third behind Russia and a joint bid from Spain and Portugal unless they can mount a dramatic fightback.
Much of Adelphia's five million-strong customer base may be purchased and divvied up in a joint bid by Comcast and Time Warner.
Nufarm itself only barely avoided being acquired in 2007 in a joint bid by an American private-equity firm and a Chinese state-owned company.
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Then, in an extraordinary turn of events, the two firms appear to have combined forces secretly and launched a joint bid last week.
However, it is believed that meetings are in the process of being planned to exchange views on the possibility of staging a joint bid.
The other bidders include England, Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia, while Portugal and Spain have tabled a joint bid, as have Belgium and the Netherlands.
Other nations interested in hosting the 2018 event include England, Russia, Australia, Spain, China, Mexico and a joint bid from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Thousands of new jobs and homes could be created in Hampshire if two councils win a joint bid for City Deal status from the government.
And SRU chief executive Gordon McKie has thrown his weight behind a joint bid from the four home nations to host the 2015 and 2019 events.
Following reports over the weekend, CVC said in a statement on Monday that it had held preliminary talks with other investors about a possible joint bid.
Last week, leaders of the two countries, plus those of Brazil and India, launched a joint bid for seats, adding that Africa should get one too.
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'It is the right of the African continent to present a joint bid in a similar way (to what) the Asian confederation did for the 2002 World Cup.
'In a recent visit by Mr Blatter to Tunis, he agreed that a joint bid is possible once the principles of co-hosting are in place, ' the communique added.
West Ham have held talks with the local Newham Council over a joint bid to occupy the stadium, with a proposed 50, 000-capacity for football matches, after the 2012 Games.
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Tesco submitted a joint bid for the land with Assura Properties Limited, which owns the neighbouring St Mary's Hospital site on Dean Road and will now sell it to the supermarket.
And a foray outside steel into the world of oil ended in frustration when Mittal Steel's joint bid with Indian oil company ONGC for PetroKazakhstan was topped by China National Petroleum Corp.
David Taylor, Scottish Football Association chief executive, on Friday insisted that he still has faith in the Irish being able to deliver the two stadiums required for the joint bid for Euro 2008.
One option now being discussed is a joint bid from West Ham and AEG, with the American company awarded a contract by the football club for running concerts and other events at the stadium.
Libyan officials have previously expressed a desire to stage a joint bid with the Tunisians, but shortly after visiting Tunisia last month Peeters announced that both countries' bids would be treated as individual cases.
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The joint bid focuses on enticing the whole community to use the facilities, with plans to get thousands of youngsters visiting education resources, while adults will be encouraged to take up health and well-being programmes.
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