U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Procurement Department (PD), 1200 K Street, Suite 1090, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026

R -- INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOL PBGC-RP-97-0018 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Contract Specialist, Marilyn Silverman, 202/326-4160 ext. 3322, Contracting Officer, Robert W. Herting The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has a requirement for the active management of a domestic large- capitalization core equity investment portfolio which is a portion of trust fund assets for which PBGC serves as trustee. PBGC seeks proposals from firms that manage at least $3.0 billion dollars of tax-emempt assets in a large-capitalization core style product. The period of performance for the base cotract will be from date of award to September 30, 1998, with seven one-year options for renewal at PBGC's discretion. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be made in writing to the above address and must reference RFP 97-0018. No telephone requests will be honored. The closing date for receipt of requests is 15 days from the date of publication. (AC0597013-76) (0126)

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