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  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "IPG MEDIABRANDS S.A: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/ipg-mediabrands-s-a/",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 4,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "of its awards",
        "value": 80,
        "unit": "percent",
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      },
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        "label": "without a competition",
        "value": 2,
        "unit": "count"
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      }
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      "IPG MEDIABRANDS S.A won 4 of its 5 public contract awards in Ecuador without a rival from 2016-03-22 to 2017-12-01: 2 without a competition and 2 after a competition that drew a single bid. 4 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest ACERIAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (A.N.D.E.C.) with 1."
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        {},
        {
          "Date": "2017-12-01",
          "Buyer": "EMPRESA PÚBLICA METROPOLITANA METRO DE QUITO ocds-5wno2w-RE-EPMMQ-2017-009-410205",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-metropolitana-metro-de-quito-2/",
          "How": "Single bid limited",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Proceso de Selección"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2017-06-29",
          "Buyer": "GOBIERNO AUTONOMO DESCENTRALIZADO MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON VINCES GADMV ocds-5wno2w-RE-GADMCV-004-2017-82943",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/gobierno-autonomo-descentralizado-municipal-del-canton-vinces-gadmv-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2016-09-27",
          "Buyer": "ACERIAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (A.N.D.E.C.) ocds-5wno2w-RE-ANDEC-057-2016-467908",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/acerias-nacionales-del-ecuador-sociedad-anonima-a-n-d-e-c-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2016-03-22",
          "Buyer": "DIRECCION GENERAL DE TALENTO HUMANO ocds-5wno2w-PRE-DIGPER-002-2016-2572",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/direccion-general-de-talento-humano/",
          "How": "Single bid limited",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Proceso de Selección"
        }
      ]
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      {
        "name": "all of Ecuador",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/"
      },
      {
        "name": "ACERIAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (A.N.D.E.C.)",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/acerias-nacionales-del-ecuador-sociedad-anonima-a-n-d-e-c-2/"
      },
      {
        "name": "EMPRESA PÚBLICA METROPOLITANA METRO DE QUITO",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-metropolitana-metro-de-quito-2/"
      },
      {
        "name": "GOBIERNO AUTONOMO DESCENTRALIZADO MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON VINCES GADMV",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/gobierno-autonomo-descentralizado-municipal-del-canton-vinces-gadmv-2/"
      },
      {
        "name": "DIRECCION GENERAL DE TALENTO HUMANO",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/direccion-general-de-talento-humano/"
      },
      {
        "name": "All countries",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uncontested/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-EC-1BMYJDK1SC",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"IPG MEDIABRANDS S.A: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/ipg-mediabrands-s-a/"
  }
}