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  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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        "label": "contracts, all years",
        "value": 178,
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        "detail": "$39,630,318 · Oct 2007 – Oct 2025"
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        "detail": "7 contracts · 2 agencies"
      },
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        "label": "rank in the line",
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        "detail": "of 107 suppliers · 0.26%"
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        "label": "agencies never served",
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            "label": "held by top ten",
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            "label": "one applicant",
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            "label": "of these to LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND OF HOUSTON",
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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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            "label": "end by October 2027",
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            "label": "end in June 2027 · $36.5M",
            "value": 13,
            "unit": "count"
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          {
            "label": "in agencies never served · $50.5M",
            "value": 44,
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        "id": "grew",
        "title": "Fastest-growing supplier in the line",
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    },
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