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competitive bid
Coverage of competitive bid in the Nexus archive.
- Newsom's "competitive bid" diaper deal wasn't. California's budget includes dozens of similar no-bid exemptions.
Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed a $6.2 million Baby2Baby contract underwent a competitive bidding process, but state records show it did not. The California budget contains dozens of similar no-bid exemptions totaling over $1 billion.