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  "retrieved": "2026-10-18T01:21:23Z",
  "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": "MC STERN SA: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/mc-stern-sa/",
    "figures": [
      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 5,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "of its awards",
        "value": 100,
        "unit": "percent",
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      },
      {
        "label": "without a competition",
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        "unit": "count"
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        "label": "single bid",
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        "unit": "count"
      }
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    "text": [
      "MC STERN SA won 5 of its 5 public contract awards in Ecuador without a rival from 2016-02-12 to 2019-11-20: 5 without a competition and 0 after a competition that drew a single bid. 2 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM with 4."
    ],
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        {
          "Date": "2019-11-20",
          "Buyer": "EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM ocds-5wno2w-CONS-EMSA-VAF-003-19-154897",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/emsaairport-services-cem-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Contratacion directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2019-03-22",
          "Buyer": "EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM ocds-5wno2w-CD-VAL-EMSA-002-2019-154897",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/emsaairport-services-cem-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Contratacion directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2017-12-20",
          "Buyer": "EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM ocds-5wno2w-CCD-EMSA-003-17-UIO-154897",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/emsaairport-services-cem-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Contratacion directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2017-08-18",
          "Buyer": "EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM ocds-5wno2w-CD-EMSA-003-2017-UIO-154897",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/emsaairport-services-cem-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Contratacion directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2016-02-12",
          "Buyer": "ACERIAS NACIONALES DEL ECUADOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA (A.N.D.E.C.) ocds-5wno2w-CDC-ANDEC-006-2016-467908",
          "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": "Contratacion directa"
        }
      ]
    ],
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      {
        "name": "all of Ecuador",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/"
      },
      {
        "name": "EMSAAIRPORT SERVICES CEM",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/emsaairport-services-cem-2/"
      },
      {
        "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": "All countries",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/uncontested/"
      }
    ],
    "assay_record": "ASY-EC-1PSSGNX0V4",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"MC STERN SA: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/mc-stern-sa/"
  }
}