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The company that is selected because it is the lowest bidder needs to put down a security deposit. The security deposit is known upfront and the company needs to have the cash available at the end of the bidding period. If, the bidder doesn't have the security deposit cash available, the company is disqualified and the next lowest bidder is considered. This is repeated until the government contract can be awarded. In case there are 2 bids of the same size, to break the tie, the time of submission is considered, the sooner the better. There need to be at least 2 3 eligible bids for the government order to be awarded.
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The government reserves the right to cancel the government order if there aren't at least 2 3 bids or if there's a suspicion of the process being manipulated.
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