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

D -- BLOOMBERG'S OPEN BBII SERVICES SOL CC-97-P-0242 DUE 031898 POC Lisa S. Nelson, 202/874-5040 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) intends to issue a modification with four (4) option years to Bloomberg, L.P. for Bloomberg's Open BBII service. Bloomberg is a proprietary stand-alone system that provides the OCC with real-time news, data, analytics, and multimedia services. Therefore, this procurement is a SOLE SOURCE and NO solicitation is available. Letters and telephone requests for a copy of a solicitation will not be accepted and are considered nonresponsive to this CBD announcement. However, contractors with expertise in the areas stated above may submit a PROPOSAL with PRICING to be considered by the Government no later than 15 DAYS from the published date of this announcement. (0063)

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