06_16PBGC24Q0033 Amend 0002 Government Response to Questions.pdf

Questions and Answers PBGC's Consolidated Response

16PBGC24Q0033

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2.2 Description Are you an existing user of Eagle

Accounting System or are you looking to implement a new version?

If the latter, what version are you looking to implement? Is it currently hosted or deployed?

Existing Eagle Accounting System user.

System is currently hosted.

Eagle Version 2017.2.34.0; Program Version 2017 R2.34

1.4 Month End Pricing

Data

What are the number of securities and fields you would like to get this data for? Please provide us with the universe so that we can come up with an estimate.

Maximum usage per month:

North American Equity (1500) US Listed Eq, Can Eq, Listed ADR, UIT (1500) North American Corporate & Government Bonds (1000) US Corporate & Government Bonds (500)

U.S. CMO & ABS (500)

North American Preferred Shares Only (50)

1.4 Corporate Action

Update

What is the universe of securities and the fields for corporate actions that are of interest to understand the scope?

Population of securities: 14,000 Yearly corporate actions: 12 or less

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1.4 Securities Master File

Update What Universe of securities and fields are needed?

Universe of securities:

North American Equity US Listed Eq, Can Eq, Listed ADR, UIT North American Corporate & Government Bonds US Corporate & Government Bonds

U.S. CMO & ABS

North American Preferred Shares Only

Fields needed:

issue name, ticker, primary asset id number (cusip), quantity scale, price multiplier, security, asset, primary exchange, settlement currency, income currency, issue country, coupon, day count basis, payment frequency, issue price, issue date, first coupon date, last coupon date, maturity date, maturity price, issue tax type

1.4 Pricing Toolset What are the use cases for the pricing

toolset? Where will the data go from the pricing toolset? Will the data be sent to a third party application or other users without user logins?

Pricing is used to calculate unrealized gain/loss at month-end (500 to 1,000 securities monthly) in Eagle Accounting System.

Data will be used within department for month-end reporting. Data may be reviewed by external auditors.

2.4.1 Ad Hoc Pricing and

Market data through a Pricing Toolset

Who is the user group for the data feeds (sec master / pricing/corp action)?

Ad hoc pricing - 30 users Security Master File - 5 users Corporate Actions - 5 users

11.1 GENERAL

INFORMATION

When will the winning bid be selected and for what fiscal year is this proposal for? Do contracts need to be in place by 9/30/24?

An award by mid-October FY25 is anticipated.

11.4 Price (Volume II) What is the budget for this proposal?

Is the quote an NTE amount and is that format of quote mandatory?

The budget is Government sensitive information and will not be disclosed. Contract type is firm fixed price, not NTE. Format and adherence to the instructions to offerors is mandatory.

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5.4 DELIVERABLES

TABLE

Who are the specific users that will need the realtime data?

Ad hoc pricing - 30 users Security Master File - 5 users Corporate Actions - 5 users Month-end Pricing - Data feed

1.4 PRICING SCHEDULE For the month-end pricing, do users

need access to this in excel or would this be in a data feed?

Data feed

11.3 DUE DATE FOR

QUOTES

Can we get a extension on response deadline?

An extension is not anticipated at this time.

2.4.1 Ad Hoc Pricing and

Market data through a Pricing Toolset

Will Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp require additional subscriptions to satisfy 2.4.1 Pricing and Market data through a Pricing Toolset, or will PBGC use the common area subscription and have multiple users on a single subscription?

Pricing and Market data through a Pricing Toolset

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