Symbion

USAID intends to procure services through a full and open competitive procurement process and Symbion is invited to submit a proposal, William Frej, then the agency's Afghanistan director, wrote to Symbion in February 2010.

U.S. agency breaks promise, opts for no-bid contract 2011

I was stunned because of the cost of it, Symbion chief executive Paul Hinks said.

U.S. agency breaks promise, opts for no-bid contract 2011

Symbion handled about $250 million in Defense Department projects in that country, including building 11 power substations and nearly 300 miles of transmission lines.

U.S. agency breaks promise, opts for no-bid contract 2011

Agency officials told Hinks in several e-mails last year that Symbion and other companies would have the chance to bid on the work.

U.S. agency breaks promise, opts for no-bid contract 2011

In 2007, Healthscope failed twice in friendly takeover bids to acquire Symbion, which was later bought by Healthscope's rival Primary Health Care Ltd. for A$2. 65 billion.

Healthscope Receives Takeover Bid 2010

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Healthscope's two friendly takeovers for Symbion failed last year, leaving Primary as the lone bidder.

Symbion Suitors Weigh Split 2008

Yesterday, Symbion Chief Executive Robert Cooke reiterated the board's recommendation that investors should take no action on Primary's offer of A$4. 10 a share because it wasn't adequate.

Symbion Suitors Weigh Split 2008

Symbion is Australia's largest health-care company by sales.

Symbion Suitors Weigh Split 2008

Symbion was Australia's largest distributor of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements, which it sold under the Nature's Own and Cenovis brands, among others, holding a 21% share of the national market.

Primary Health Care to Sell 2008