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    "name": "CRITICAL MENTION, INC: public contracts won without a rival in United States",
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        "label": "uncontested awards",
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        "unit": "count"
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        "label": "of its awards",
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      "CRITICAL MENTION, INC won 7 of its 13 public contract awards in United States without a rival from 2024-02-15 to 2025-09-11, worth $65.9K: 6 without a competition and 1 after a competition that drew a single bid. 6 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Department of the Navy with 2."
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          "Date": "2025-09-11",
          "Buyer": "Department of the Navy N0018925P0538",
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          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "$15.3K",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
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          "Date": "2024-09-26",
          "Buyer": "Department of the Navy N0018924P0702",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/department-of-the-navy/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "$14.0K",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-08-30",
          "Buyer": "Office of the Inspector General 140T0124P0016",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/office-of-the-inspector-general/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP",
          "Value": "$9.3K",
          "Stated reason": "LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THE MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-07-19",
          "Buyer": "Securities and Exchange Commission 50310224P0033",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/securities-and-exchange-commission/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP",
          "Value": "$7.2K",
          "Stated reason": "SAP NON-COMPETITION (FAR 13)"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-05-14",
          "Buyer": "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division 15A00023PAQA00344",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-acquisition-and-property-manag/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "—",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-04-25",
          "Buyer": "Rural Housing Service 12RADZ24P0013",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/rural-housing-service/",
          "How": "Single bid FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION",
          "Value": "$10.8K",
          "Stated reason": "—"
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        "name": "Department of the Navy",
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        "name": "Rural Housing Service",
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        "name": "Defense Health Agency",
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        "name": "Securities and Exchange Commission",
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        "name": "Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives-acquisition-and-property-manag/"
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"CRITICAL MENTION, INC: public contracts won without a rival in United States\", https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/s/critical-mention-inc/"
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