And speaking of the red carpet, who makes sure the nominees get their moment in front of the cameras without pop-star gridlock? Red carpet coordinator Sara Labb, above, is just one of a veritable army of pros on the Grammys crew who make the awards show work. Follow live coverage of the Grammys as it happens>>. We captured many of them preparing for the show in the days before Monday's airtime.
Collusive Bidding Schemes. Collusive bidding refers to agreements by contractors or suppliers in a particular trade or area to cooperate to defeat the competitive bidding process in order to inflate prices to artificially high levels. It can occur in large and small contracts.
bidding n 1 an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding) 2 an invitation; summons 3 the act of making bids, as at an auction or in bridge 4 (Bridge, etc.) a group of bids considered collectively, esp. those made on a particular deal.