Delahay, an Alexandria based builder, presented a bid for $45,000, which was received and accepted on October 5, 1871.
Joint bidding - two or more businesses collaborate to present a joint bid and divide the work between them.
By midday, the two groups had been put into separate conference rooms and told they should present a final bid.
By combining their efforts, they hope to present a stronger bid than the other companies.
Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno was quoted that "they have to be ready in 2017 to again present a bid for the Olympics".
But the organizers found that Guatemala would present a bid of their own.
France presented a fantastic bid.
The convention presents a psychic bid with control, thus it can be subject to restrictions for use on certain levels of competition.
It presented a bid to be a host city in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which was ultimately turned down.
While he did not mention whether Spain would present a joint bid with Portugal, he did not rule it out when asked about it.