Discover how competitive bids work in business and underwriting, from proposals and pricing to securing contracts for goods, services, IPOs, and M&A.

Discover what an unsolicited bid is, its impact on companies, and strategies to avoid them. Learn from real-life examples and understand hostile takeovers.

Bid bonds guarantee that contractors complete projects they bid on, often for public or government jobs. If a contractor fails, a performance bond replaces the bid bond, ensuring project completion.

INDIANAPOLIS — Following months of scrutiny over millions in no-bid contracts, the Indiana Secretary of State’s Office has quietly started issuing formal requests for proposals (RFPs). The move also ...

A lucrative, decade-long contract to operate the Maryland Lottery is up in the air after state officials took an unusual step to award and then rescind the contract to an embattled multinational ...

NEW ORLEANS — Sanitation service company IV Waste has won a one-year emergency garbage collection contract for the French Quarter and Downtown Development District as a legal battle over the bidding ...

The firm at the center of bid-rigging claims involving Gov. Kathy Hochul’s overhaul of a $9 billion home care program added staff weeks before it won the contract, records show. Public Partnerships ...

Paramount Group is facing scrutiny over whether the company is putting the interests of its CEO Albert Behler ahead of shareholders. Paramount, a publicly traded REIT and a major landlord in New York ...

The Healey administration failed to “adequately assess” the heightened need for shelter services in recent years, State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s office said in a sharply-worded report released Tuesday ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's office has signed a no-bid contract with a Noblesville-based law firm that's closely affiliated with the church where Beckwith still serves as a pastor, a move that ...

Center: Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales smiles during a meeting related to his office's business service duties in April 2025. (From Morales' official X account) Following months of scrutiny ...