The phrase "direct award" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of procurement or contracting, referring to the process of awarding a contract directly to a supplier without a competitive bidding process.
Example: "The government decided to proceed with a direct award for the construction project due to the urgency of the situation."
Alternatives: "sole source award" or "non-competitive award".
We also assume the East Midland franchise is extended through a direct award until March 2018.
As a result, South West Trains has been unable to reach an agreement on a direct award".
There are hints that the result will be a stitch-up, a direct award that avoids the usual competition, with the price artificially driven up.
The contract to run the Great Western franchise until April 2019 is actually a direct award from government, rather than a victory in a competition against rival bidders.
Unions are also challenging the direct award to First Group of an additional contract for the Thameslink franchise, without any tendering process.
Stagecoach said despite its failure to secure a direct award, it was in a strong position to bid for the contract against other operators.
The huge changes for subsidies — the new scoring and the halt to direct awards by the board — have widespread implications for the locations of future affordable-housing projects, several developers said.
While it has since granted direct awards for National Express, First Group and Virgin to continue running lines until as late as 2017, the DfT plans to ensure a new private operator is running East Coast by February 2015.
In Kansas City, David Hughes' Charlotte Street Foundation has created a system of direct awards for visual artists that has flourished for more than a decade, recently expanding to support innovation in the performing arts and urban planning.
Her first documentary, "Sister Helen," co-produced and co-directed with Rob Fruchtman, won the documentary directing award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
"Ugly Betty" also won a directing award.
