previous or incumbent?

[Susan Hogarth]

On 12/1/06, Jane Credland <circe at lmi.net> wrote:
> At 01:30 PM 12/1/2006, Susan Hogarth wrote:
>
> >When B is talking about how it will deal with A after the contract is
> >awarded to B, does B refer to A as the 'incumbent' or the 'previous'
> >contractor? For instance: "We (B) will communicate rapidly with the
> >[incumbent/previous] contractor as soon as the contract is awarded to
> >us."
>
> Why not just say "We (B) will communicate rapidly with Company A as
> soon as the contract is awarded to us."
>
> That way there is no confusion or possibility of misunderstanding.

Hehe. I knew there was somethign obvious I was missing. That's what I
meant baout Friday :-)

Thanks!

-- 
Susan Hogarth
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