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CONTRACT & PROCUREMENT QUESTION: Good thoughts on PTN. However, Post Tender Negotiation sometimes gets to bid-shopping, which is applied at this point to indicate client attempts to reduce the supplier's final price. Bid-shopping is very common in some industries such as the construction industry and together with the general contractor and sub-contractors of a project, particularly in the USA and Australia, to cut the sub-contractors final prices both before and after the award of contract. Now, in your judgment is it unethical for a client of a public project, e.g. North Bristol Integrated Community Hospital, to attempt to reduce suppliers' bids, as the granted funds to the project is a public money? What is your thought on this position? REQUIREMENT Word count: 350 Reference/Citation: Harvard 7 minimum of 4 books.