We have found it helpful to receive bids only from a select group of investigated, invited bidders rather than having open bidding.
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According to government procurement regulations, contracts must be subject to an open bidding process.
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An open bidding process between two architectural consortia was completed in late 2009 with the selection of the winning bid.
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