The phrase "alternate bid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as bidding processes, auctions, or procurement when referring to a different proposal or offer submitted as an option.
Example: "The contractor submitted an alternate bid that included additional features not present in the original proposal."
Alternatives: "alternative offer" or "substitute bid".
Mr. Kern, who was also a director of Allied, denied any wrongdoing, saying that the information involved a possible alternate bid for Allied that was too poorly financed to be taken seriously.
Farber said the family had supported an alternate bid led by Wendy's franchisee David Karam, president of Cedar Enterprises.
Look for notes and symbols referring to "alternate bid items", "Owner Optional Upgrades" and "addenda.
"If that is not the case, we would ask management to explain why, and what efforts they made to secure the company's independent future; or, failing that, to auction the company and induce alternate bids to maximize value for all shareholders".
Five contractors bid on the alternate schemes.
In a separate statement, Southeastern said that while it was selling half of its holdings to Mr. Icahn, it intended to vote against both Mr. Dell's takeover bid and for the alternate director candidates.
Experts say the North often alternates between threats of military action and then negotiations in a bid to extract aid.
Vargas Llosa's bruising political defeat drove the memoir A Fish In The Water (1993), whose captivating chapters on the budding artist alternate with what the Observer reviewer Boyd Tonkin called an "epic whinge" about his failed presidential bid.
In a bid to increase sales, Jones wrote a letter to music magazine, Melody Maker, under an alternate name, writing how great the album was.
We can also account for the alternate means by which Mr. Ryan could become the 45th president: if, for some reason, Mr. Romney is unable to complete his bid this year — and then Mr. Ryan replaces him, and wins the election.
