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The department was hoping to raise more than R1-billion for all seven packages when it started the bidding process last year , but the international companies that originally showed an interest have since pulled out . The " splitting " or " artificial separation " of departmental requisitions into two or more proposed transactions where the motive for such action is to circumvent the bid process shall not be permitted . I would like to preserve that right , because the bidding process is very expensive , and it is going to take a while to get this first round , and I think there needs to be some flexibility to recognize high performance . Furthermore , if the option is exercised will Thomson-West be allowed to participate in the bid process ? As part of the Three-Year Program for the Promotion of Regulatory , adopted by the Cabinet on March 25 , 2005 , the Government of Japan decided to improve the operation of the government procurement system by phasing in measures that will ensure more competition in the bidding process with the goal of lowering the cost and increasing the quality of services received by the government . It is the World Bank whose guidelines were used during bidding by the big companies – now it surfaces that the bid process itself was riddled with bribery and corruption . For large repairs that must be bid competitively , the Purchasing Department conducts the bidding process . " It was their value-added proposition in the bid process that moved this project forward . Sato was also convicted of obstructing the bidding process for a committee-commissioned diesel power generation project on Russia-controlled Kunashiri Island in the Northern Territories by leaking price information to Mitsui & Co. " After the bidding process was completed , we worked closely with Verizon and Cisco to tailor the solution , " said Mundrane . The bid process will be carried out over the summer of 2000 , with contracts being awarded by mid-October and construction beginning shortly thereafter .