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  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "PIEDRA CARDOSO HERMANOS C. LTDA: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/piedra-cardoso-hermanos-c-ltda/",
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        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 8,
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      },
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        "label": "without a competition",
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      "PIEDRA CARDOSO HERMANOS C. LTDA won 8 of its 8 public contract awards in Ecuador without a rival from 2018-03-14 to 2022-11-14: 8 without a competition and 0 after a competition that drew a single bid. 4 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest GOBIERNO AUTONOMO DESCENTRALIZADO MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON CUENCA with 3."
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          "Date": "2022-11-14",
          "Buyer": "EMPRESA PUBLICA DE MOVILIDAD TRANSITO Y TRANSPORTE DE CUENCA ocds-5wno2w-RE-CD-EMOVEP-59-2022-315805",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-de-movilidad-transito-y-transporte-de-cuenca-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2021-07-02",
          "Buyer": "GOBIERNO AUTONOMO DESCENTRALIZADO MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON CUENCA ocds-5wno2w-RE-GADC-17586-2021-2616",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/gobierno-autonomo-descentralizado-municipal-del-canton-cuenca-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
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        {
          "Date": "2021-05-26",
          "Buyer": "EMPRESA PUBLICA MUNICIPAL DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO EDEC-EP ocds-5wno2w-RE-EDECEP-008-2021-363621",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-municipal-de-desarrollo-economico-edec-ep-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
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          "Date": "2021-01-15",
          "Buyer": "EMPRESA PUBLICA MUNICIPAL DE ASEO DE CUENCA EMAC - EP ocds-5wno2w-RE-EMACEP-019-2020R-284319",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-municipal-de-aseo-de-cuenca-emac-ep-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
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        {
          "Date": "2020-07-20",
          "Buyer": "EMPRESA PUBLICA DE MOVILIDAD TRANSITO Y TRANSPORTE DE CUENCA ocds-5wno2w-RE-CO-7-EMOVEP-2020-315805",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-de-movilidad-transito-y-transporte-de-cuenca-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2020-03-12",
          "Buyer": "GOBIERNO AUTONOMO DESCENTRALIZADO MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON CUENCA ocds-5wno2w-RE-GADC-17112-2020R-2616",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/gobierno-autonomo-descentralizado-municipal-del-canton-cuenca-2/",
          "How": "No competition direct",
          "Stated reason": "Comunicación Social – Contratación Directa"
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        "name": "EMPRESA PUBLICA MUNICIPAL DE ASEO DE CUENCA EMAC - EP",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-municipal-de-aseo-de-cuenca-emac-ep-2/"
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        "name": "EMPRESA PUBLICA DE MOVILIDAD TRANSITO Y TRANSPORTE DE CUENCA",
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        "name": "EMPRESA PUBLICA MUNICIPAL DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO EDEC-EP",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/empresa-publica-municipal-de-desarrollo-economico-edec-ep-2/"
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        "name": "All countries",
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"PIEDRA CARDOSO HERMANOS C. LTDA: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/s/piedra-cardoso-hermanos-c-ltda/"
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