U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Procurement And Contracts Branch, Mail Stop O-20, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312

D -- BLOOMBERG SERVICES POC James L. Vandecar Contracting Officer or Arza Gardner Contract Specialist (202) 942-4990 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires an electronic financial information system for the SEC Headquarters and ten field offices. This service will be used for financial market analysis to monitor the results of market volatility with emphasis on the U.S. Treasury bond market and for surveillance of U.S. securities markets and international trading of U.S. securities to support both monitoring and litigation programs. It will also be used for review of investment company portfolio holdings and securities recommended or purchased by investment advisors for clients.The service should provide a range of financial information including U.S. and international exchanges, newswires, and current and historical trading data for debt markets including mortgages, government securities, corporate, municipal bonds, and money markets. Other trade information shall include equities, preferred stock, and commodities including options and future contracts. This shall include data from at least one, and preferably more, primary dealers in U. S. government securities information service.The service shall also provide the SEC with a financial information service which supplies real-time and historical transaction data on debt instruments and related derivative products. Required data include the following: last-sale price, net-change, bid and size, ask and size, open, high, low, volume, and last-sale time.The service must provide the information electronically to both dedicated and portable computers to the SEC Headquarters in Washington DC. To the extent feasible, all information will be received on a real-time basis to dedicated terminals and portables. In addition, the system shall provide the capability to print a hard copy of all data and news stories. The SEC has surveyed the market and believes that Bloomberg Limited Partner is the only source capable of meeting this requirement. Accordingly, the SEC intends to solicit and negotiate with only Bloomberg L.P., 499 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022. See Note 22. (0219)

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