Occasionally there will be highly lucrative contracts only available to a single company or two. In order to secure the contract, companies may enter into a bidding war, undercutting the offered payment in order to be granted the contract.

For example, a contract might offer 500 million credits looking for a single company. Multiple companies apply, but one offers to complete the contract for 450 million credits, the next offers 400, and so on and so forth. A corporation, driven by profits, will likely select the cheapest company.