11.   For example, Mirage Resorts seeks bids for nearly all of the stuff in its warehouse every six months.

12.   GM also can seek bids from others for its computer services.

13.   GM retains the right to seek bids for some of its computer service contracts, the automaker said.

14.   He did so, the officials charged, without properly seeking competitive bids for the work.

15.   He finally persuaded Kodiak officials, who were seeking bids to get rid of the ferry anyway, to sell it to him for a dollar.

16.   His office, which recommended seeking competitive bids for separate contracts to bus disabled preschoolers, questioned the decision not to seek bids for these contracts.

17.   Holden recently complained that a new city policy of seeking bids via a computer bulletin board would put computer non-owners at a disadvantage.

18.   In particular, they found that the lottery struck deals with promotional partners involving coupons without seeking competitive bids or keeping adequate records, sources said.

19.   In Kansas, officials sought new bids after declining to renegotiate with GTECH, which had the contract.

20.   In particular, they discovered that the lottery struck deals with promotional partners involving coupons without seeking competitive bids or keeping adequate records, sources said.