The city, the report said, could save at least $76 million by negotiating the rate or forcing insurers to bid competitively for the city's business.
We found that giving children the services they need and competitively bidding the bus routes could save $720 million over five years.
Some of the contracts, he said, were not competitively bid as required.
Most government contracts are bid competitively using this method.
On the next lap two chains bid competitively for an exclusive broadcast from space.
As a minority-owned business, the company won the contract without having to bid for it competitively, according to the group's analysis.
This changed when the producers made an agreement amongst themselves not to bid competitively for talent.
The base building was competitively bid at 92.3 million dollars.
Stockholm has just competitively bid part of its subway system.
You can bid either noncompetitively or competitively, but not both in the same auction.