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    "name": "VL-GROUP-MEDICA CIA.LTDA: public contracts won without a rival in Ecuador",
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        "label": "of its awards",
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      "VL-GROUP-MEDICA CIA.LTDA won 7 of its 20 public contract awards in Ecuador without a rival from 2016-11-01 to 2019-07-01: 0 without a competition and 7 after a competition that drew a single bid. 6 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest HOSPITAL GENERAL LATACUNGA with 2."
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          "Date": "2019-07-01",
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/centro-de-salud-c-materno-infantil-y-emergencias-zaruma/",
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          "Stated reason": "Subasta Inversa Electrónica"
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          "Date": "2019-01-07",
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-ambato/",
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          "Stated reason": "Subasta Inversa Electrónica"
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          "Date": "2018-11-06",
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          "Date": "2018-07-27",
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          "Stated reason": "Subasta Inversa Electrónica"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2017-12-14",
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga-3/",
          "How": "Single bid open",
          "Stated reason": "Subasta Inversa Electrónica"
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          "Date": "2017-10-10",
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          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ec/uncontested/b/hospital-general-latacunga-3/",
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          "Stated reason": "Subasta Inversa Electrónica"
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