The phrase "call for competition" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to challenge people to compete in a certain activity, such as a sport or game. For example, "I'm calling for competition to see who can finish the race in the fastest time."
In pressing for use of the new competitive arrangement, the senators cited 2008 legislation that calls for competition by multiple companies on military contracts unless there is "a compelling reason not to do so". The senators also brought up Congressional testimony by the Army's chief of logistics that they said indicated the Army had no such compelling reason.
He called for competition to supply domestic customers in the water industry, which is the model for the energy industry.
His aides have said he would incorporate a prescription drug benefit into an overhaul of the Medicare program, building on work of a bipartisan Congressional commission that has called for competition between the public and private sectors.
It also recalls the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which called for competition in local and long-distance service markets.
But rivals TalkTalk and Vodafone have already called for competition authorities to step in and force BT to spin off its Openreach operation.
The Senate bill does not call for such competition.
I particularly welcome, and strongly echo, the call for increased competition in the banking sector.
As Bush stonily replied yesterday to McCain's call for open competition, "there's rules".
Responding to E.ON chief executive Tony Cocker's call for a Competition Commission investigation, Miliband said: "We don't need more excuses, more reviews, what we need is action.
Given the budget crisis, the White House has reiterated the call for sharper competition in all areas of contracting, to lower costs.
