61.   Holland dismissed the concerns as a self-interested attempt to stop competitive bidding.

62.   Immediately, rival oil companies complained about the absence of competitive bidding.

63.   In announcing his Medicare overhaul, Clinton will also propose a new competitive bidding system to win discounts on goods, like wheelchairs, and services, like surgeries.

64.   In an interview, Franz, of Hidalgo, said he was also concerned that the competitive bidding was waived on such a large contract.

65.   In most cases, grants are awarded without competitive bidding.

66.   In recent years, Airbus has sought to introduce competitive bidding.

67.   Investigators are said to be looking for evidence of unusually high markups on bond deals, excessive trading activity and whether the deals were done without competitive bidding.

68.   It also would increase payments to doctors, hospitals and other health care providers and encourage competitive bidding on medical supplies.

69.   It is the only city, for example, that routinely extends most of its school bus contracts without competitive bidding.

70.   It means making city departments charge each other for their services, allowing competition with private providers, introducing competitive bidding to supply health services to city employees.