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Originally Posted by pwcosol
I think Cunningham mentioned there were 14 firms that were able to physically present one prototype for consideration to take part in the trials. The companies whose designs were accepted provided a total of 55 bayonets each. The remaining firms that presented a prototype and whom were not invited to take part in the trials are the bayonets I am thinking of.
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That is very possible.
I do not have a big knowledge on US pubblic procurement law, but assuming it was similar to EU law, it works like this.
You have basically three ways to award public contracts:
1) an open tender procedure;
2) a restricted procedure;
3) a negotiated procedure.
If you were to select option 2, then the competitors ask first to be allowed to submit their bids (14 firms, in the message above).
Then the Public Authority (i.e. the Army) will select (the correct word is
invite) only few of them to actually submit their bids (in the above example, 6 competitors + Ontario).