Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.Maintain properly segregated account(s) for securities remitted to the Treasurer’s Unclaimed Property division (“UPD”) subject to UPD’s direction, either within a master account or within, where appropriate, existing accounts;2.Coordinate the receipt of securities based on instructions provided by the Treasurer via e-mail or through a secure website provided by Contractor as described in Section III.A.11 of this RFP. The Treasurer will designate theContractor as the custodian to which all securities should be delivered in theTreasurer’s Instructions for Filing the Annual Report and Annual RemittanceDetail of Unclaimed Property Instructions located on the Treasurer’s website(currentlyhttps://icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/app/forms).Contractor will receive and deposit into the appropriate account(s) all securities transferred or delivered to Contractor and must be able to receive securities via Depository Trust Company(“DTC”),Direct Registration System(“DRS”),Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”), Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (“ACATS”), Fedwire Securities Service, and Certificate form. Certificates delivered to Contractor should be converted to electronic form, if possible, and held in the appropriate account;3.Transfer existing mutual fund accounts held in house by the Treasurer to the account(s) held with the contractor, at the discretion of the Treasurer;4.Collect and allocate all coupons, dividends and any other payments of income or capital relating to any and all securities deposited with the Contractor;5.Execute sales of securities including liquidating mutual fund accounts based on instructions provided by the Treasurer via email or through a secure website provided by Contractor as described in Section III.A.11 of this RFP. The Contractor will be responsible for complying with the Act’s provisions related to securities as well as related Illinois Administrative Code provisions;
