Dassault had emerged as the preferred bidder in January last year for the fighter-jet contract.
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Unions have been urging the government to reverse its decision to make Siemens the preferred bidder.
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The Department for Transport was criticised after selecting Siemens as its preferred bidder to build 1, 200 carriages.
The preferred bidder for the development of the former Aberdeen City Council headquarters site has been named.
The firm was appointed preferred bidder in September, and the seven-year deal was signed earlier this month.
Mr Bourne also predicted that Legacy, the government's preferred bidder, would sign up to a finalised deal "very shortly".
Second that it would be pretty odd if Lloyds' board doesn't tomorrow confirm that the Co-op is its preferred bidder.
"As a result of that money, Mr Mostyn is now a preferred bidder with total exclusivity, " Krasner told a news conference.
The authority, which runs the facility, also said Serco Leisure is its preferred bidder to manage the site at Holme Pierrepont.
One buyer is the union's preferred bidder and representatives from both parties have been in talks on Thursday with the receivers.
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Tenders for the line extension were received earlier this year and a preferred bidder is due to be selected in December.
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The company Floating Concepts has been selected by economic development agency, Scottish Enterprise, as the preferred bidder to take the project forward.
The second round design bids are due back on the 28 November and government expect to appoint the preferred bidder by Christmas.
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The government has defended its decision to name Siemens as its preferred bidder for the contract as it offered taxpayers better value for money.
Lawyers for MLB had submitted a plan to sell the team to a preferred bidder, but creditors objected and the judge ordered an open auction.
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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is selling the part of the site not occupied by its new prison and the council is the preferred bidder.
Preferred bidder status will have to be recommended by the partnership's joint committee next week and approved by each of the councils before it is confirmed.
This gave it "preferred bidder" status and triggered a 90-day period in which no other interested party would be allowed to conclude a deal with BP.
Although the council is the MoJ's "preferred bidder" for the site, the Hans House Group of Companies has also made a move to buy the land.
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The bid was one of five made to buy the club and believed to be one of two shortlisted by administrator Jeremy Bleazard for preferred bidder status.
He said a company called Wheelabrator Technologies Incorporated had been short-listed as a preferred bidder but the decision would have to be backed by the five councils involved.
Along with West Ham, Spurs have been named as a preferred bidder, but their plan to "rip up the athletics track" is anathema to UKA chairman Ed Warner.
Since the Legacy consortium was stripped of its preferred bidder status, the government says it has had more than 70 expressions of interest in taking over the site.
Local Councillor Robert Jones is now calling on BT - chosen by the council as the preferred bidder for the state-aided project - to prioritise Bradley Stoke for the roll out.
Tony Fountain, NDA chief executive, said the selection of Babcock Dounreay Partnership as the preferred bidder was a significant step in the authority's drive to attract "world-class management and innovation" to its sites.
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West Ham returned to the Premier League this year, and are hoping to move into the Olympic Stadium after having been announced last month as the preferred bidder to take over the venue.
Amey, a partner in the consortium selected to upgrade the London Underground, said in March it would include the costs when they occurred, rather than deferring them until it was named preferred bidder.
Although it is likely to take four to six weeks to seal a deal, by the end of this week there should be some clarity about who is likely to be the preferred bidder for Liverpool Football Club.
This puts Pangilinan and Gokongwei in direct competition, should First Pacific emerge as the preferred bidder for PAL. Tan will probably try to keep both bids alive and court other suitors so that he can net a higher price for his airline.
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