Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Procurement Department, 1200 K Street, NW, Suite 1090, Washington, DC 20005-4026

R -- DEVELOP A PENSION FORECAST MODEL SOL PBGC-RP-99-0001 POC Contract Specialist, Kay Macaluso (202) 326-4160 extension 6396; Contracting Officer, Robert Herting The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has a requirement for a Pension Forecast Model to determine pension plan contribution requirements and funding status for periods of up to thirty (30) years. The model will be used for legislative and policy analysis relative to such issues as PBGC's future exposure to claims in total and from specific, large, insured defined benefit plans. The model must be capable of producing both deterministic and stochastic results; must be sufficiently flexible to permit the testing of alternative legislative and regulatory proposals (e.g., minimum and maximum funding requirements, Title IV guarantees) and economic scenarios. At PBGC's option, the contractor shall provide the model with the capability to perform and provide output of an allocation of assets to all plan liabilities in accordance with Section 4044 of ERISA. Telephone requests for this solicitation will NOT be honored. Send requests for Solicitation PBGC-RP-99-0001 to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Attn: Kay Macaluso, Ste. 1090, 1200 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-4026. Faxed requests are permitted and may be forwarded on (202) 326-4162. If a faxed request is submitted, please DO NOT send hard copy of the request. All responsible parties may submit a proposal as a result of this solicitation. See Note 26. Posted 10/16/98 (W-SN263005). (0289)

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