Over 90% of contracts for the upcoming World Aquatics Championships and the World Aquatics Masters Championships in Fukuoka City were awarded on a discretionary basis. Fukuoka City maintains that it has adhered to regulations in the process, citing that competitive bidding is standard but discretionary contracts are used when there are no other possible contractors or specific procurement sources are indicated by the International Swimming Federation. They attribute the rise in the project’s cost to the event’s postponement, not an increase in discretionary contracts. Source: NHK
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