1.   Brown notes that Hancock had held an open bidding process and no other potential buyer seemed to anticipate the brokerage stock rally either.

2.   During his tenure at Panhandle Plains, Weaver had a habit of ignoring the carefully regulated state bidding process.

3.   ICA won a government bidding process for the state-owned warehousing company in April, but did not sign the contract until today.

4.   In the past year, the IOC has come under criticism for not being sufficiently active after rumors of corruption in the Salt Lake City bidding process became widespread.

5.   The parties argue there must be a public bidding process every time a concession is granted.

6.   The PPO bidding process had attracted interest among insurers and hospital-doctor networks, who vied to win contracts for nine regions of the state.

7.   To deploy a new generation of high-capacity wireless phone service, the government has launched a prolonged multi-round bidding process.

8.   Knight said he was unaware of any impropriety in the Sydney bidding process.

9.   The contract was awarded under an international public bidding process.

10.   The choice of who should lead the Olympic organizing committee threatens to tear into the unusual unity among Greek officials during the long bidding process.