But Albion successfully won that supply contract, and in return had to pay Dwr Cymru Welsh Water a fee for using its pipes.
Part of it funds the next round of letters of credit the manufacturer will use to ensure a steady supply of raw materials over the life of the supply contract.
Angel said it was nearing the end of negotiations with a "sizeable customer" on a long-term supply contract for materials supplied directly from ABL. The group expects other contracts to follow.
It is even possible that supply could contract.
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Supply-chain or contract agriculture, by which farmers supply specific outlets or companies under strict growing and marketing arrangements, has become widespread: in 1997, two-thirds of all such contracts involved small farmers, but they accounted for only 27% of the total value of production.
The Aberdeenshire firm has also won a contract to supply 20 Sainsbury stores in Scotland, while an existing contract with Tesco has been expanded.
The con of gold is that the inability to expand and contract supply in line with the economy can create problems.
"In a very difficult retail environment this move into contract supply means job security for the existing staff and the creation of new positions within the company, " added Mr Mclean.
In 2002 Canterbury lost a contract to supply patties to Burger King, at the time its largest customer.
It is bidding for a contract to supply 93 million lines to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam's mobile-phone network.
The Tokyo metropolitan government is trying to break its contract to supply power to the Tokyo Electric Power Co.
By the age of 17 he had formed a small company to enable him to bid for a contract to supply pencils.
In some cases, the business has already identified the source, and the strategic supply group negotiates the contract and manages the relationship.
Then Lankford heard through the grapevine that Hewlett-Packard had landed a big contract to supply a New York investment bank with servers and other trading hardware.
Chip makers themselves have also felt confident enough about their prospects to raise the prices of the chips they supply to customers under contract.
The deal gives Hawk-Eye the opportunity to expand into football, despite missing out on the contract to supply the goal-line technology for this summer's Fifa Confederations Cup.
The company has diversified, making new products, and winning a three year contract to supply ice cream to all the hospitals and nursing homes in Northern Ireland.
In the case of Tesco, Wiseman had increased the amount it supplied by 10% and had won a contract to supply all of the Co-op's milk from August 2011.
E. for the 60-odd wind turbines that will go into the 99 mw wind project, which has a 20-year contract to supply electricity for the Public Service Company of Oklahoma.
When they won a contract to supply gloves for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009, they received a Recovery Act loan through the SBA and saved thousands on fees.
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And on some occasions the supposedly secret bidding looks rigged: in one village west of Paris, five of the six bids for a contract to supply water were within 0.1% of each other.
We contract the money supply and certain things happen, we expand the money supply and other things happen.
It followed another major contract win to supply audio chips to Samsung.
Robin Harper (Green) asked the first minister to suspend suspend the contract of food supply to Edinburgh royal infirmary so patients receive a better standard of service.
In the U.S., the device is generally free at wireless carriers when customers sign a two-year service contract, and supply was constrained for much of the period.
However, agencies are asking supply teachers to sign a contract - known as a Swedish Derogation - to waive this right in exchange for continuous employment or a minimum payment if work is not available.
In any case, a massive net sale of securities that would be necessary to shrink total Fed assets to pre-crisis levels would sharply contract the money supply and likely produce panic in the banking and financial system.
Craig Doud is vice president of customer loyalty at Emptoris, a provider of strategic supply, category spend and enterprise contract management solutions.
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There was already a contract for Fiat to supply 20-30 thousand engines for the SX4, which would be assembled in a factory in Hungary.
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