The fact that no bid has ever materialised is testimony to the difficulties of making money in the modern booktrade.
However, Caborn was adamant that, despite the success of the Games, there would be no bid, not even as a co-host with London.
The Spanish club have revealed that talks were held over a possible move but City have said that they took place late last year, and no bid was made.
Among the conspiracy charges is an accusation that Nagin awarded "no bid" work to a city contractor who provided "concealed and direct campaign monies" to Nagin, the indictment says.
And, if no one bid high enough, then he just might take the seat himself.
Senator SUSAN COLLINS (Republican, Maine): It's simply unacceptable to have very large no-bid contracts continue in place.
After his testimony, Paulison and his aides explained that not all no-bid hurricane contracts would be rebid.
Others include grants, loans, tax credits, favorable regulations, bailouts, loan guarantees, targeted tax breaks and no-bid contracts.
Questions are still being raised about the reopening of four no-bid contracts issued after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
After no acceptable bid emerged, the company undertook a massive restructuring of the unit, which makes Day-Timer organizers and Swingline staplers.
Mr. DAVID PAULISON (Acting Director, FEMA): All of those no-bid contracts we are going to go back and rebid.
Oyston believes the speculation is an attempt to unsettle the 26-year-old and insisted no formal bid had been lodged.
Halliburton's involvement in the Iraq reconstruction effort has been controversial since it won a multi-billion no-bid contract in 2003.
The president said wasteful spending has many sources, including investments in unproven technologies, a lack of oversight and no-bid contracts.
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And in a little notice change, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has greatly expanded the value of the existing no-bid contracts.
In other cases, housing directors in other tribes awarded no-bid contracts to friends or family members, or simply stole the money.
But if a fix for Boeing is all they want, why not just no-bid the contract and spare us the influence peddling?
Both are among an elite group of multinationals that have received no-bid contracts to aid rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf region.
The 38-year-old has been linked with a number of clubs in Germany and England but no firm bid has so far been made.
Halliburton won the first round in a no-bid process, but the remainder of the work will be awarded in an open bid this fall.
Even if no rival bid is forthcoming, Kraft, dazzled by the attractions of its quarry, may be tempted to spend too much on Cadbury.
The amount spent on no-bid, non-competitive contracts jumped by 129 percent.
Acting FEMA director, David Paulison, made news last month when he appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee and said he was no fan of no-bid government contracts.
And already I've put an end to unnecessary no-bid contracts.
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Bechtel actually got a brand-new hundred-million dollar no-bid contract.
And over the past six months, agencies have been making cuts by looking for better deals, by ending contracts and doing work in house, and by opening up no-bid contracts to competitive bidding.
Mr. CLARK KENT ERVIN (Former Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security): There were so many no-bid contracts that money was wasted that could have been better spent, and that adequate supplies were not prepositioned.
On Monday morning, Cadbury is expected to make a formal rejection of that Kraft offer but is unlikely to comment on any talks with Hershey as no formal bid has been tabled by the company yet.
He also pledged to end no-bid contracts in Iraq, root out waste and abuse in entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, require every Cabinet member to scrub department budgets "line by line, " and reinstate a "pay as you go" rule from the 1990s.
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