Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

B -- FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONALS RETIREMENT FUNDS SOL S-LMAQM-00-R-0006 POC John J. Mason, Contracting Specialist, 703 875-6624, Fax 703 875-6085 This is a Request for Proposals (RFP) number S-LMAQM-00-R-0006. Response to this CBD notice requesting copies of the RFP must be received no later than April 17, 2000. The United States Department of State, Office of Overseas Employment, intends to establish a funding vehicle to be used to accumulate assets for retirement benefits for Federal employees who are hired and working outside the United States and who are not U.S. citizens and possibly a small number who are U.S. citizens. There will be between 10,000 and 30,000 individual accounts involved with a net cash inflow of three to six million dollars per year. For tax reasons, legal onwership of the fund will rest with the Department. The Department is seeking a professional fund manager which can manage and administer the fund and individual accounts in the most cost effective manner. Your response should cover the following areas: (a) your ability to manage the assets of the fund, (b) identification of the fund and asset classes that would be available or recommended, (c) your ability to administer the fund in individual accounts set up to reflect the Department's own responsibility to affected employees as described in the Service Benefit Program, (d) the ability of your systems and processes to deal with the necessary reporting requirements, (3) relevant fee structures for asset, individual account management, and communication services, (f) an agreement in final format containing the required information, and (g) any other useful and necessary information related to this project. Additional information including a more detailed description of the program is available upon request. Since all fees for this service will be borne by the assets of the fund, the Department anticipates negotiating an agreement for an indefinite period, as opposed to a Government contract, with the organization offering the most advantageous program. Posted 03/13/00 (W-SN433897). (0073)

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