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76 -- BOOKS, MAPS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS SOL SECHQ1-96-R-0007 POC Rosetta Wright-Samuel, Contract Specialist, (202)942-4996, James L. Vandecar, Contracting Officer, (202)942-8640. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires a compilation covering all current statutes and applicable regualtion, rules and forms encompassing federal securities law: The Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Public Utility Holding Co Act of 1935, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1950 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. To be included for each: Full text for the Act as amended to date: rules by the SEC implementing the Act as are currently effective; official forms of the SEC required for compliance with the Act as they currently exist; regulations by the SEC contraining the procedures or instructions for filing current forms. Also related laws and rules and guides concerned with federal regulation of the securities industry to include but not be limited to the following: Guides for registrants in particular industries; codification of the SEC's current published views and interpretations relating to financial reporting; current practices and interpretation s of the SEC's Div. of Corp. Finance and the Chief Accountant in administering the disclosure requirements of the laws; current requirements for the solicitation of proxies or tender offers; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System regulations that relate to extension of credit in securities transactions; text of the Securities Investor Protection Act as amended to date, and SEC's current rule issuances; SEC rules of practice and investigations; laws and regulations relating to public availability of data obtained and held by the SEC, public access to SEC hearings, and related issues under the Freedom of Information Act. Service Requirements: Multi-volum set, in looseleaf format, to group regulations and forms with the statute under which they are promulgated, on volume per each securities law (or group of laws in cases where data is not extensive enough to merit an individual volume); Periodic reports to maintain currency of materials in the sets, to reflect any action taken by Congress or the SEC revising the law, regulations or forms relating to the Federal Securities Field; Tabbed guides and detailed tables of contents for each volume to set out location of all know law, rules, forms and regulations; up to date, detailed alphabetical indexing. Each section of law, rule and form to have multiple entries providing quick and accurate access to needed data in the volumes; finding lists for regulations and forms, also keyed to location in the volumes of full data. The period of performance will be from October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997 with four one-year options. Submit your request for the solicitation (RFP) in writing to the address above ATTN: Mrs. Wright-Samuel. No fax or telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted (0222)

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