It points out that it won the tender against competition, and that anyway the Prison Service sets the rates.Critics, however, say the charges could, and should, be renegotiated.
Bombardier won the supply tender against one other bidder, receiving an initial order for nine trams in September 2004., another two Flexity trams were ordered for use on the Victoria Square to City West extension, opened in October 2007.
NHS staff are rightly suspicious of the denuded version of social enterprise being offered to them, consisting of guaranteed short-term contracts followed by competitive tendering against larger and better-equipped private providers.
It presented liberal Protestantism as America's classical heritage; it set Ames's wise, tender reverence against the bellicose cymbal-clanging of George W. Bush's White House.
It's touched on in the opening Thinkin Bout You, and again in the lushly orchestrated melodrama of Bad Religion and the gorgeous closer Forrest Gump, which pitches languid Southern soul guitar, churchy organ and a tender vocal against a ghostly backdrop of echoing voices.
Hence the dire warnings of placing tender plants against an east wall or the disaster of a really late frost such as the ones we had last May, when the sun hits the frozen tissue and warms it up fast before the air temperature has risen and thawed it slowly.
Come on: close up your eyes and brace your stiff legs, and press your tender palms against the bed.
As for the song itself, Snakehips' version of "Cigarettes" pits tender vocals against hollow, booming drum hits, surging synths, and manic arpeggios.
By the time the sun sets behind the distant, majestic mountain range, the two people's lips are locked against one another and later they fall into a tender sleep, slumped against each other while the rain rumbles on.
With tenders invited against a backdrop of a cut in the museum's budget from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the proposal is being driven by a desire to reduce costs, not improve services, PCS said.
If the S.E.C. approves Mr. Hewlett's proxy filing, he can send it to shareholders and formally ask them to tender their votes against the acquisition.
