sole-source

City policy says staff must get authorization before they spend money without seeking competitive bids - so-called sole-source purchasing.

Thestar.com - Home Page Jesse McLean 2011

CFM, however, is the sole-source engine provider on the current 737 and likely has a contractual and historic edge over its competitor.

Boeing Courts American With Upgraded 737 Peter Sanders 2011

He also tries to paint ANCs as cornering the market on sole-source government contracts.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010

There Morgan, a Harvard-trained lawyer and tribal member, runs a range of enterprises, some of which include federal-government sole-source contracts for telecommunications projects, support services in Iraq and Afghanistan, construction, and more.

Stephanie Woodard: The New Indian Fighters: Lt. Col. McCaskill and Major WaPo Stephanie Woodard 2010

But once in office, Obama didn't prohibit sole-source contracts, saying agencies needed the flexibility to tailor contracts to meet their needs.

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

Ms. Martin-Rosa said contractors with 8a are especially attractive targets, since they have access to sole-source contracts and can enter into a joint ventures with a larger firm.

Small Vendors Attract Big Firms Angus Loten 2011

Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., the contract manufacturer, also is the sole-source supplier of other medically necessary drugs on behalf of several drug companies.

Supplier of Cancer Drug Halts Manufacturing at Ohio Plant Peter Loftus 2011

According to the GAO report though, in many cases no one is performing the checks necessary to verify that the company applying for these set-aside and sole-source contracts is actually owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran.

NEWS NOVEMBER 2009 2010

In 10 case studies, GAO's investigations found that those counterfeit businesses received roughly $100 million in service-disabled, veteran-owned small business sole-source and set-aside contracts, said

NEWS December 2010

The award of a Predevelopment Agreement to Peregrine should be exempted from competition requirements of state law and City Code on a sole-source basis because Peregrine is the only entity that holds both franchises, is the only entity that will renovate the MLS Stadium and construct the new Triple-A baseball stadium and is the only entity other than the City that will incur predevelopment costs.

Stadium switcheroo -- must the construction go out for bid now? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009