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  2. Prepared opening bid - Wikipedia

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    In the game of bridge, a prepared opening bid is a bid which is not usual in the sense that it does not bid the longest suit first. The most common example of this is the better minor or short club opening bid. Another example is a principle of bidding in bridge popularized by Howard Schenken in bridge columns that he wrote during the 1960s.

  3. Bidding system - Wikipedia

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    A bid of 2NT shows a strong balanced hand, usually 20-21 HCP. Opening bids of 3 of any suit are preemptive, showing a 7+ card suit and 6-10 points (mostly inside the bid suit). The meaning of 2 ♦, 2 ♥ and 2 ♠ varies. One common usage is that the bid shows a weak two bid, similar to a preemptive bid.

  4. Business improvement district - Wikipedia

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    BIDs have been accused of being unaccountable [30] and by their very nature undemocratic, concentrating power in a geographic area into the hands of the few. [31] [32] Small businesses who fall below the BID levy threshold, although not liable to pay the BID levy, are often priced out of an area because BIDs tend to increase rental values ...

  5. Ogust convention - Wikipedia

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    Ogust is a bridge convention used by responder after his partner has made a weak-two opening bid; its purpose is to gauge the strength of the weak-two bidder's hand. Named after Harold A. Ogust from the United States, the convention is also known as the 'Blue Club response' from the bidding system developed by Benito Garozzo.

  6. Business improvement districts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By 2010, BIDs had been used in nearly 1,000 major cities and small towns throughout the United States, including most major U.S. cities that have multiple BIDs. New York City alone has 76 BIDs. Business improvement districts are private sector initiatives to improve the environment of a business district. Services financed by a BID are intended ...

  7. Government procurement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Small business acquisitions have mandatory restrictions on over-bundling. However, non-small business acquisitions are not subject to the same rules. Example of how over-bundling causes big problems (permutations and evaluation of total price in source selection): Lets say a requiring activity wants to get polling services.

  8. Bid and proposal - Wikipedia

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    The development of a bid and proposal takes place early in the procurement process, and the resulting proposal will be subject to review by the purchaser and negotiation between the two parties. Developing a bid and proposal takes place before a contract vehicle is in place, meaning that firms undertake the costly tasks of proposal-writing and ...

  9. Invitation to tender - Wikipedia

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    A tender announcement from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. An invitation to tender (ITT, also known as a call for bids [1] or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business activity in works, supply, or service contracts, often from companies who have been ...