preferred supplier
noun[C]
COMMERCEukus→preferred vendor
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preferred supplier
In 2006, the company won contracts with a rapidly growing national chain, which it used as itspreferredsupplierof pizza ovens and dough mixers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These management aids provide for the possibility of competition at a number of points in the process, to ensure that thepreferredsupplierremains competitive.
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The construction timetable will be the subject of negotiation with thepreferredsupplier.
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Selection of thepreferredsupplieris scheduled for early 2000 with contract completion by the end of the financial year 2000–01.
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But despite that performance and proven ability, and even withpreferredsupplierstatus, that factory has recently had to announce 91 redundancies.
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The result is that in almost all major areas of defence procurement, we now have more than onepreferredsupplier.
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Consultation following the selection of apreferredsupplierwill be in line with agreed departmental procedures, as will any subsequent implementation.
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Where appropriate, this includes examining the potential for establishingpreferredsupplierarrangements.
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We will announce apreferredsupplieronce we have fully assessed all the issues.
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I cannot give an opinion on any specific bid, because we are not in t position to announce ourpreferredsupplier.
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