1.   The consortium was chosen for exclusive talks on the bridge contract last month.

2.   United Defense, a subsidiary of Carlyle Holding Corp., filed the protest in December after the Army chose a consortium led by General Dynamics and General Motors.

3.   The Ameritech consortium was chosen on both financial and technical grounds over a group comprising Dutch telephone company Koninklijke PTT Nederland and Swiss Telecom, he said.

4.   The consortium was chosen over eight other bidders, said Tenaga executive chairman Ani Arope.

5.   The public holding company planning the expansion of Schoenefeld airport chose a consortium led by the German construction firm Hochtief on Friday as the preferred bidder for the project.

6.   Deutsche Bahn had chosen that consortium in mid-July.