Part of the plan involves bidding for funding to make Perth one of the "super-connected cities" which were first announced in Chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement.

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When it comes to bidding on projects and executing a business plan, building the right team and working together is essential, he's found.

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The heart of the Wyden-Ryan plan is to use competitive bidding to allow private insurers to compete with traditional, 1965-vintage fee-for-service Medicare.

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Even if others are keen on a field, however huge, in pristine jungle nearly 500 kilometres and a mountain range from the populated coast, new bids would take time: Perupetro, the state oil firm, says it would take the rest of 1998 to prepare bidding specifications, under the government's new plan to divide the deal into three: operation of the field, the main pipelines, and distribution.

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Medicare reform was a dominant issue in the 2012 campaign, as Democrats sought, unsuccessfully, to tar Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan for their promising and thoughtful plan to transition future retirees into a competitive bidding system in which seniors could choose among a range of public and private insurance plans.

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