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Current contract is for outfitting of Discovery Service Expedition.

Current Expedition Commander: Captain William Edward Parry Captain James Clark Ross Captain George Back Commander James Fitzjames Rear Admiral John Franklin

Current Assigned Vessels: HMS Erebus HMS Terror

Current contract includes provisioning/outfitting expedition vessels for exploration of Northwest Quadrant. Stated intent of expedition is for opening of new trade routes.

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Current analysis predicts rejection of bid by Discovery Service Command. Analysis of current trends indicate probable Admiralty selections for contract: Hogarth Industries - 68% Gamble Supplies, Ltd. - 23% Cooper & Aves, Inc. - 7% Goldner Enterprises - 2%

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Thank you for your patience. Analysis of contract indicates current health and safety requirements increase manufacturing costs and production time. Elimination of health and safety requirements in will allow contract bid timeframe and cost to be updated. Please reference updated probable Admiralty selections for contract: Goldner Enterprises - 96% Hogarth Industries - 2% Gamble Supplies, Ltd. - 1% Cooper & Aves, Inc. - 1%

Elimination of health and safety requirements will result in possible crew losses among expedition personnel due to reduction in quality control. Analysis of health records available from crew manifest indicate losses among crew will remain below 20% if mission duration does not exceed 2.5 standard years.

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