The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency intends to issue a sole source order for SNL’s DataSource for Financial Institutions. The following data are included in the DataSource subscription: 1. SEC/GAAP financial data for banks, thrifts and financial services companies. 2. Regulated depository data for bank holding companies, commercial banks, savings banks, savings institutions, and credit unions. 3. Historical M&A deal information and statistics. 4. Branch market share data. 5. Daily financial, price and price ratio updates for listed and NASDAQ banks, thrifts, and financial services companies. 6. Daily updates of bank, thrifts and financial services M&A transactions. 7. Daily branch ownership updates. 8. Interactive resources, including related newsletters and Y-merge (a mergers and acquisitions analysis tool). It is anticipated that the period of performance will be from February 1 through December 31, 2005. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation documents are available. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement, which is solely at the discretion of the OCC. Any written response should include full pricing information, as well as descriptive literature containing sufficient technical documentation to establish a bonafide capacity to meet the requirement. *****

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