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  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "QED ENTERPRISES INC: public contracts won without a rival in United States",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/s/qed-enterprises-inc/",
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      {
        "label": "uncontested awards",
        "value": 9,
        "unit": "count"
      },
      {
        "label": "of its awards",
        "value": 82,
        "unit": "percent",
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      "QED ENTERPRISES INC won 9 of its 11 public contract awards in United States without a rival from 2023-10-04 to 2024-10-09, worth $115M: 5 without a competition and 4 after a competition that drew a single bid. 7 buyers awarded it without a rival, the largest Transportation Security Administration with 2."
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          "Date": "2024-09-25",
          "Buyer": "Transportation Security Administration 70T01024F7668N059",
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          "How": "Single bid FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF SOURCES",
          "Value": "$2.0M",
          "Stated reason": "—"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-07-18",
          "Buyer": "Washington Headquarters Services HQ003420C0116",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/washington-headquarters-services/",
          "How": "No competition NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMPETITION",
          "Value": "$122K",
          "Stated reason": "AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE (FAR 6.302-5(A)(2)(I))"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-03-27",
          "Buyer": "Transportation Security Administration 70T01022F7668N007",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/transportation-security-administration/",
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          "Value": "$100M",
          "Stated reason": "—"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-01-24",
          "Buyer": "National Science Foundation 49100423F0031",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/national-science-foundation/",
          "How": "Single bid FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF SOURCES",
          "Value": "$6.2M",
          "Stated reason": "—"
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        {
          "Date": "2024-01-24",
          "Buyer": "Federal Bureau of Investigation 15F06719F0002473",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/federal-bureau-of-investigation/",
          "How": "No competition NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMPETITION",
          "Value": "$-225,715",
          "Stated reason": "AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE (FAR 6.302-5(A)(2)(I))"
        },
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          "Date": "2024-01-11",
          "Buyer": "Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management 1605C222C0014",
          "Buyer link": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/office-of-the-assistant-secretary-for-administration-and-management/",
          "How": "No competition NOT COMPETED",
          "Value": "$1.2M",
          "Stated reason": "ONLY ONE SOURCE-OTHER (FAR 6.302-1 OTHER)"
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        "name": "National Science Foundation",
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      {
        "name": "Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/office-of-the-assistant-secretary-for-administration-and-management/"
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      {
        "name": "Washington Headquarters Services",
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        "name": "Department of the Air Force",
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        "name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/us/uncontested/b/federal-bureau-of-investigation/"
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