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  "retrieved": "2026-10-16T01:04:18Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
  "access_notice": "On 15 November 2026, automated access to assay-systems.com closes. After that date, access is available only under a paid annual subscription contract. Contact: contact@assay-systems.com",
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        "detail": "$67,368 · Mar 2008 – Apr 2026"
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        "detail": "2 contracts · 1 department"
      },
      {
        "label": "rank in the line",
        "value": "—",
        "detail": "of 105 suppliers · 0.0%"
      },
      {
        "label": "departments never served",
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        "detail": "$68.5M on the line without Out of the Blue Designs"
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            "label": "of 105 suppliers",
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            "label": "share of the line",
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          {
            "label": "new suppliers since 2024 · $15.7M",
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      {
        "id": "doors",
        "title": "Departments that buy the line and never bought from Out of the Blue Designs",
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            "label": "departments",
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            "unit": "count"
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            "label": "contracts",
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            "label": "contracts under $40,000",
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      {
        "id": "how",
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          {
            "label": "one applicant",
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          },
          {
            "label": "of these to Out of the Blue Designs",
            "value": 0,
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          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ending",
        "title": "Contracts reaching their end dates",
        "period": "Oct 2026 – October 2027",
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            "label": "contracts",
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            "unit": "count"
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          {
            "label": "end by October 2027",
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          },
          {
            "label": "end in March 2027 · $6.4M",
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            "unit": "count"
          },
          {
            "label": "in departments never served · $6.9M",
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          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "open",
        "title": "Notices in the line",
        "period": "CanadaBuys, 6 October 2026",
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            "value": 3,
            "unit": "count"
          },
          {
            "label": "open today",
            "value": 3,
            "unit": "count"
          },
          {
            "label": "standing lists",
            "value": 0,
            "unit": "count"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "grew",
        "title": "Fastest-growing supplier in the line",
        "period": "same line",
        "subject": "APPAREL TRIMMINGS INC.",
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            "label": "growth",
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        ]
      }
    ],
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      "sections": [
        "Own record by year",
        "Lines the register files it under",
        "Suppliers next to it in the line"
      ],
      "on_page": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/out-of-the-blue-designs/"
    },
    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-1AK3SPV1IQ",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Out of the Blue Designs in the Government of Canada contract register\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/out-of-the-blue-designs/"
  }
}