51.   They should periodically seek competing bids for the work.

52.   Traders said many money managers were seeking bids for securities in their portfolios.

53.   Tuleja, president of Alternative Power Source Inc., of Boston, said Hancock was able to get a favorable rate partly because it sought bids before deregulation begins.

54.   To ward off Wells Fargo, First Interstate is seeking friendlier bids from Norwest Corp. in Minneapolis and Banc One Corp. in Columbus, Ohio.

55.   Under the plan, one large jurisdiction agrees to seek bids on specific technology products.

56.   When the county sought bids for coverage, insurance companies asked for rates too high for the county to pay.

57.   Also Tuesday, Munoz said Pemex could seek bids to produce natural gas in the Burgos fields of northern Mexico by the end of this year.

58.   As part of that effort, ITT had said it would seek bids for its consumer and commercial finance business.

59.   Bids will be sought soon, he told SANA.

60.   But Johnson told Judge Christine Miller of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims she should order the Postal Service to scrap the deal and seek competitive bids.