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height="145" border="0" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="0"/><h3>How to become a BBC supplier</h3></a> <p>We are committed to ensuring value for money from the licence fee and regularly re-tender our supply contracts.  Find out more.<br clear="all"/></p> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="210" class="promo1b"><a href="/web/20090421172526/http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/tenderprocess.shtml"><img src="/web/20090421172526im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/images/fair_home.jpg" alt="Fair" width="70" height="145" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0"/> <h3>Tender process</h3></a> <p>Find out what's involved in the tender process.<br clear="all"/></p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="635" colspan="5" height="5"></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="205" class="promo2a"><a href="/web/20090421172526/http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/termsoftrade.shtml"><img src="/web/20090421172526im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/images/market_home.jpg" alt="Market stall" width="70" 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