Ms. Siegler collected bids long distance, then flew back to choose the painter, electrician and carpenter from friends' suggestions.

The New York Fed, like the other 11 Federal Reserve Banks around the country, acts as the Treasury's fiscal agent and collects bids for securities auctions.

"Literally, there was no time to collect bids," said Eric Michael, who with is brother, owns the catering firm Occasions.

Using a system known as a Dutch auction, Hambrecht collects bids from all interested investors, big and small, and groups them by how much each is willing to pay.

The commissioners collect bids from a number of prospective buyers before and during the auction.

General Products's human representatives will collect bids for one year, no bid to be less than one trillion stars.

In September of the same year, Ignacio announced that Eton had begun collecting bids from contractors for the actual construction of the second BPO office.

The bookrunner collects bids from investors at various prices, between the floor price and the cap price.

They included tasks like collecting bids for painting the common areas, looking after the street planter or shoveling snow.

The Port Authority is collecting bids through Dec. 28 for a competing Haverstraw-Yonkers-Manhattan route.