99 -- Financial Subscription

The Internal Revenue Service intends to award a purchase order to Bloomberg L.P. on a sole source basis for the renewal of a one year financial subscription in the Office of Associate Chief Counsel, Financial Institutions and Products (FIP). Bloomberg financial subscription is proprietary. This subscription includes (1) terminal, (1) T-1 Access Line, unimited access to real-time pricing data, history, analytics and electronic communication 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. No award will be made on the basis of any quotations/proposals or other information received in response to this notice since this is a notice of intent to acquire and not a request for proposals. The expected award date is August 15, 2005.