Department of the Treasury, Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, 250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219

R -- DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN SERVICES SOL CC-99-Q-0048 POC Pat Pastorelli, Contract Specialist, 202-874-5040 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has a need for Recordkeeping/Administrative and Investment Management services for its start-up defined contribution plan, equivalent in design and function to an Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 401(k) plan. OCC anticipates releasing a Request for Quote for these services in late May of 1999 and intends for contributions to the plan to begin no later than December of 1999. OCC may choose one contractor to provide both services or OCC may choose one contractor to perform Recordkeeping/Administrative services and one contractor for Investment Management services. The Recordkeeping/Administrative services contractor must provide daily valuation. The Investment Management services contractor must provide a minimum of 5 diversified investment options and at least 3 of these must represent materially different risk characteristics. The OCC has approximately 3,000 permanent employees in 100 cities nationwide. OCC's payroll is centrally administered by the National Finance Center, located in New Orleans, LA. The OCC anticipates awarding a contract for a base period with four (4) one year option periods, to be exercised at the Government's discretion. This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12 -- Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Subpart 13.5 -- Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. This is an unrestricted acquisition. All requests for solicitation shall be in writing to the address listed above. No oral requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Posted 05/04/99 (W-SN327432). (0124)

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