Article: A contest to manage FDIC workouts; 7 bidders vie to dispose of failed N.H. banks' assets. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)

WASHINGTON -- Five banks and two management companies are bidding on a multimillion-dollar contract to work out $800 million in assets stripped from five failed banks in New Hampshire.

The contract would be the first under a new policy by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that permits companies not involved in a bank's rescue to manage problem assets inherited by the government.

The package, expected to be awarded next month, could be worth as much as $30 million, according to Mitchell Glassman, an associate director in the FDIC's liquidation division.

Bidders Are Diverse

The seven bidders are:

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