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  "retrieved": "2026-10-18T11:25:29Z",
  "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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    "name": "Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): public contracts won without a rival in Canada",
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      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 7,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "of its awards",
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        "unit": "percent",
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      "Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) won 7 of its 8 public contract awards in Canada without a rival from 2022-04-26 to 2026-05-28, worth $787K: 7 without a competition and 0 after a competition that drew a single bid. 2 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest National Defence with 6."
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          "Date": "2026-05-28",
          "Buyer": "National Research Council Canada C-2026-2027-Q1-00481",
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          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$12.9K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
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        {
          "Date": "2026-05-15",
          "Buyer": "National Defence C-2026-2027-Q1-00120",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-defence/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$16.5K",
          "Stated reason": "71"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2025-04-10",
          "Buyer": "National Defence C-2025-2026-Q1-03677",
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          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$13.5K",
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        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-05-01",
          "Buyer": "National Defence C-2024-2025-Q1-03828",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-defence/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$12.3K",
          "Stated reason": "00"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2023-11-27",
          "Buyer": "National Defence C-2023-2024-Q3-00638",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-defence/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$1.0M",
          "Stated reason": "21"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2023-06-13",
          "Buyer": "National Defence C-2023-2024-Q1-04331",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-defence/",
          "How": "No competition TN",
          "Value": "$11.4K",
          "Stated reason": "71"
        }
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        "name": "all of Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/"
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      {
        "name": "National Defence",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-defence/"
      },
      {
        "name": "National Research Council Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/b/national-research-council-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "All countries",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uncontested/"
      }
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): public contracts won without a rival in Canada\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/uncontested/s/canadian-research-knowledge-network-crkn/"
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