Sentence examples for call for competitive from inspiring English sources

In the summer of 1968, the Defense Department put out a call for competitive bids to build the network, and in January 1969 Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN) of Cambridge, Massachusetts, won the $1 million contract.

The winners of its 2011 call for competitive research funding were announced only last month, more than a year after the original announcement was made.

Italians have been divided in two parties: those blaming public sector inefficiencies and calling for competitive tendering; and those refusing to privatize water and willing to go back to the fiscal budget.

To cut costs and reduce fraud in one corner of the sprawling Medicare program, Congress called for competitive bidding on medical equipment that is provided to elderly and disabled Americans and set a sensible schedule for phasing in the program.

"The decree calls for competitive rates to be given to police officers so we get quality policing.

A casting call for a competitive search of performers specializing in puppeteering, voice, singing, and movement was sent to universities, theaters, and cultural centers in Abu Dhabi, where it was filmed, and through social media.

As TPM Muckraker has reported, Stop Too Big To Fail is the project of a veteran astroturf operation called Consumers for Competitive Choice, and it's using the services of an ad agency that worked with the Swift Boat Vets For Truth in 2004.

If Mr. Hubbard were having symptoms of a heart attack, do we really believe that he would call emergency rooms for competitive prices before calling the ambulance?

"What's happened every year is the politics are such that the city seems to just always give the contract again to the same guy without a competitive bidding process, even though the charter calls for a competitive process," Mr. Bloomberg said.

But he also calls for a competitive atmosphere and a big turnout.Long before candidates formally announce they are standing, this circle is already proving hard to square.

Organizers called for more competitive salaries, annual raises, equal pay for women and minorities and lower health premiums, among other goals.