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Both had awarded "sole source" contracts to Nellcor, which meant that hospitals were given strong financial incentives to buy Nellcor oximeters.
Her company received a certification from the Small Business Administration that enabled it to access sole source contracts from the federal government.
Long-term, single source contracts for these core components are fine if you are willing to accept the risk of being defined by the actions (good and bad) of your partner.
They go to the hospitals and negotiate "sole source" contracts, so hospitals agree to buy such products only from the GPO-sanctioned suppliers.
They go to hospitals and negotiate "sole source" contracts -- meaning the hospitals agree to buy the products from the GPO-sanctioned companies -- and no others.
With the Pentagon alone awarding a staggering $140 billion in sole source contracts without any competition in 2010 (up from $50 billion in 2001), we are talking, in former Senator Everett Dirksen's famous formulation, "real money".
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During the posting period, vendors seeking information on a sole source contract listed above may contact the Lower Columbia College Purchasing Manager.
Lower Columbia College has concluded, however, that a non-exempt sole source contract over $10,000 is justified and necessary.
Under the deal that Mr. McCain helped scuttle, the Air Force would have leased tankers from Boeing under a sole source contract.
And we were banned from hiring Iraqis on our own because we were told that one American contractor had a "sole source contract" with the Pentagon.
The term "good neighbor agreement" means a cooperative agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) entered into between the Secretary and a Governor or county, as applicable, to carry out authorized restoration services under this section.
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