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70 -- SECURITIES OFFERINGS DATABASE SOL SECHQ1-97-R-0015 POC Vernessa Younger, Contract Specialist, (202) 942-4999, James L. Vandecar, Contracting Officer, (202) 942-8640. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires access to a database with information on domestic securities offerings, domestic mergers and acquisitions and municipal new issues. The information is required by the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Investment Management and Enforcement and the Office of Economic Analysis. The securities offerings database must provide information that describes the issue, issuer, and detailed terms of the offering from 1981. The database should provide the price, rating, maturity of the security, the amount and date of the offering, the name of the issuer, the manager and/or co-managers, and if the offering is public or private. The database should distinguish public, private and SEC placements. The merger and acquisition database must provide information on the parties and transactions over $1 million from 1981. The database should provide a range of transaction information such as the value and payment methods, type, key dates, target and acquiror, identify if the deal was hostile and defensive techniques, advisors' names, and advisor fees. The municipal new issues database should provide information to identify the issuing municipality, use of the proceeds, Moody's and Standard and Poors ratings, name of the manager and counsel, co-manager, financial advisor, insurance company, type and amount, and underwriter name, fee and counsel from 1980. Terms of the issue, type of bid, type of interest, and key dates through maturity. The information is required during the period from October 1, 1997 through September 2002. In order to receive and store large amounts of data for analysis, the SEC must be able to access, retrieve, and store the database electronically. In addition, the database services shall provide the capability to electronically download to personal computer spreadsheet software and disc for data storage and analysis. The Commission staff must be able to access the database on-line, through a telephone dial-up connection that is compatible to SEC owned automative data processing equipment. (0219)

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