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  "retrieved": "2026-10-17T23:49:48Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "DULCOSTA S.A: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/dulcosta-s-a/",
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      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 7,
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      {
        "label": "of its awards",
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      "DULCOSTA S.A won 7 of its 8 public contract awards in Ecuador without a rival from 2020-10-02 to 2026-09-01: 6 without a competition and 1 after a competition that drew a single bid. 5 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest HOSPITAL GENERAL LATACUNGA with 3."
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          "Date": "2026-09-01",
          "Buyer": "HOSPITAL GENERAL MACHALA ocds-5wno2w-RE-PU-HGMACH-2026-02-2763",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-machala-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Bienes y Servicios únicos"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-08-15",
          "Buyer": "Fundacion Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil ocds-5wno2w-COTS-FTTG-2024-004-25399",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/fundacion-terminal-terrestre-de-guayaquil-2/",
          "How": "Single bid open",
          "Stated reason": "Cotización"
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        {
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Bienes y Servicios únicos"
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        {
          "Date": "2023-09-13",
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Bienes y Servicios únicos"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2022-09-23",
          "Buyer": "HOSPITAL DOCENTE DE AMBATO ocds-5wno2w-RE-BSU-HPDA-011-2022-2728",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-docente-de-ambato-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Bienes y Servicios únicos"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2022-08-04",
          "Buyer": "HOSPITAL GENERAL LATACUNGA ocds-5wno2w-RE-HGL-008-2022-17082",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Bienes y Servicios únicos"
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        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga/"
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      {
        "name": "Fundacion Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/fundacion-terminal-terrestre-de-guayaquil-2/"
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      {
        "name": "HOSPITAL GENERAL MACHALA",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-machala-2/"
      },
      {
        "name": "HOSPITAL DOCENTE DE AMBATO",
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      {
        "name": "HOSPITAL GENERAL PUYO",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-puyo/"
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        "name": "All countries",
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"DULCOSTA S.A: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/dulcosta-s-a/"
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