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Award

To give a contract to a person or company, especially after competitive bidding from multiple persons or companies. That is, a company awards a contract when it decides to do business with somebody.

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These companies are bidding on the same jobs as the top-of-the-line companies that have the latest equipment and highest ethical standards -- with nothing in place (for bid awarders) to tell the difference."

Are Low-Price, Poor-Quality Competitors Killing Your Business?

It does seem surprising, however, that not one of the authors, editors, reviewers, or awarders noticed that the article is fundamentally flawed--in its data, methodology, and design.

A critique of "Reinventing Government in the American States: Measuring and Explaining Administrative Reform". (A Difference of Opinion)

A recent survey showed that two thirds of the awarders reported an increase in the number of research publications in peer-reviewed journals since receipt of their award (unpublished survey report distributed on June 9, 1999 to 81 award recipients spanning 5 classes since 1993, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Generalist Faculty Scholars Program Evaluation).