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bidding

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Competitive bidding is a feature of the industrial market which occurs where a number of potential suppliers are invited to submit a written bid for a contract. Bidding may be restricted to an approved list of suppliers (closed bidding) or open to any supplier willing to apply (open bidding).

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© Westburn Publishers Ltd 2002, The Westburn Dictionary of Marketing edited by Michael J Baker, ISBN 978-0-946433-01-8. www.themarketingdictionary.com. Entry: [Stephen T. Parkinson], [1998].