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  "retrieved": "2026-10-17T23:12:08Z",
  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "ESI ACQUISITION INC: public contracts won without a rival in United States",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/s/esi-acquisition-inc/",
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      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 13,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "of its awards",
        "value": 87,
        "unit": "percent",
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      },
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        "label": "without a competition",
        "value": 10,
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      "ESI ACQUISITION INC won 13 of its 15 public contract awards in United States without a rival from 2023-10-23 to 2026-05-13, worth $26.6M: 10 without a competition and 3 after a competition that drew a single bid. 5 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection with 4."
    ],
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        {},
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          "Date": "2026-05-13",
          "Buyer": "Federal Emergency Management Agency 70FA3126F00000031",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/federal-emergency-management-agency/",
          "How": "Single bid FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION",
          "Value": "$1.9M",
          "Stated reason": "—"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2025-06-25",
          "Buyer": "Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation DTOS5916P00044",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/immediate-office-of-the-secretary-of-transportation/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "—",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
        },
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          "Date": "2025-06-10",
          "Buyer": "Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation DTOS5914P00023",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/immediate-office-of-the-secretary-of-transportation/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP",
          "Value": "—",
          "Stated reason": "SAP NON-COMPETITION (FAR 13)"
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        {
          "Date": "2025-05-19",
          "Buyer": "Department of Veterans Affairs 36C24521P0221",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/department-of-veterans-affairs/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP",
          "Value": "$-3,900",
          "Stated reason": "SAP NON-COMPETITION (FAR 13)"
        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-10-30",
          "Buyer": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection 70B06C25P00000005",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/u-s-customs-and-border-protection/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED UNDER SAP",
          "Value": "$30.7K",
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        },
        {
          "Date": "2024-09-30",
          "Buyer": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection 70B06C24C00000170",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/u-s-customs-and-border-protection/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "$4.6M",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
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      {
        "name": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/u-s-customs-and-border-protection/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/immediate-office-of-the-secretary-of-transportation/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Federal Emergency Management Agency",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/federal-emergency-management-agency/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Department of the Army",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/department-of-the-army/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/department-of-veterans-affairs/"
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    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"ESI ACQUISITION INC: public contracts won without a rival in United States\", https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/s/esi-acquisition-inc/"
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