The competitive bidding for 3Par is a sign, most likely, of more to come.
The first competitive bidding process in 33 years drew interest from scores of companies.
In the end, the quality and rarity of the painting drove the competitive bidding.
This competitive bidding process would drive Medicare costs down without compromising the care that retirees actually receive.
In that case, consistent with good principles of competitive bidding, they let them low ball each other.
It is also not unusual for brokers to only discount when they are in a competitive bidding situation.
Gale said no but invited Posco to be part of the competitive bidding for the remaining 70% of residential.
Chile and Mexico have gone furthest in introducing truly competitive bidding for public-works contracts, a big source of corruption.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its competitive bidding program for medical devices and equipment in 2009.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority invited competitive bidding for the land after the Jets' initial offer fell well below its valuation.
In New Jersey, bids start at 18% interest with the expectation that the public, competitive bidding will reduce that rate.
The board that governs the Connecticut exchanges voted to forgo competitive bidding for insurers that will offer health plans under Obamacare.
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In addition, he suggests introducing competitive bidding into Medicare, something along the lines of what Mitt Romney proposed during the campaign.
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In past months, Waxman and other Democrats have criticized the government for giving Halliburton the contract without a competitive bidding process.
Sanofi's bid for Aventis has put both companies in play, and all of the ingredients for a competitive bidding war are there.
Dealing with insurance paperwork, competitive bidding, price constraints, and other healthcare tangles.
The court was clarifying its earlier order which said the government must follow a competitive bidding process for allocating all national resources.
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Such reform would surely involve competitive bidding for municipal services (notably buses).
These private plans would compete in an annual competitive bidding process along with Medicare determining the amount of the annual premium support payment.
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The heart of the Wyden-Ryan plan is to use competitive bidding to allow private insurers to compete with traditional, 1965-vintage fee-for-service Medicare.
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The government also plans to end fixed contracts for school milk and to introduce competitive bidding for them in the next few months.
The state turned to managed care, competitive bidding by health care providers, and comprehensive case management by private insurers for those on Medicaid.
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These include measures like tax exemptions and abatements, a waiver on competitive bidding for developers and in areas where residents don't want to sell eminent domain.
One example is a device for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, which was added by CMS to the competitive bidding list as a new category.
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So, several years ago Congress decided that perhaps they should have competitive bidding for companies that want to sell their equipment to Medicare patients.
Great technical talent, lower cost salaries compared to white hot Silicon Valley, and less competitive bidding for deals (although this is starting to change).
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He says all this has discouraged competitive bidding, and has failed to make use of the design team's extensive experience in ensuring value for money.
They need to insist that Congress impose tough new rules on the Pentagon to ensure more competitive bidding, tighter contract writing and more rigorous supervision.
He added that the decision to award the contract to South Ayrshire Stalking, after a competitive bidding process, had been made by officials without ministerial involvement.
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So you've got among the group that want competitive bidding to be delayed, you've got Senator Schumer and Senator Clinton from New York and Senator Hatch from Utah.
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