11.   However, documents show that the Demo-Dispo bid process includes strong preferences for minority firms.

12.   IBM has announced some changes in the way it bids for contracts, forbidding subsidiaries from competing for work that is not open to a competitive bid process.

13.   Last Sunday, an Olympic committee investigation concluded there had been widespread wrongdoing in the bid process and expelled six members of its own committee.

14.   McCain has held two Olympic hearings in the Senate, one on the controversial bid city selection process and the other on doping.

15.   More than that, though, this kind of institutional whitewashing is a disservice to those who might actually want to fix the bid process.

16.   Plant says the local organizing committees in Altoona and Charlotte selected his company in an open bid process.

17.   Quality and quantity of hotels is also a factor in the bid process.

18.   Senior IOC officials said they believed the majority would agree to a reduced role in the bid process.

19.   Sibo Sibandze, it has been previously reported, also worked at City Hall during the bid process.

20.   That is expected to result in expulsion of some IOC members and proposals to overhaul the Olympic bid process.