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      "BETTER DIRECT, LLC won 256 of its 843 public contract awards in United States without a rival from 2023-10-01 to 2026-09-30, worth $19.3M: 19 without a competition and 237 after a competition that drew a single bid. 45 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Department of the Navy with 74."
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