This page is for vendors who wish to apply to participate in the competition to select a developer for the next-generation trading system.
1. Scope of Development
The developer will be asked to develop the following stock trading system functions:
- Order matching
- Connection with Trading Participants
- Market information dissemination
- Connection with other systems including the clearing system
- Market monitoring
2. Procedure for Selecting Developer
The competition will proceed in the following order: (1) application
document screening (2) initial selection, and (3) final selection.
TSE will present a "Request for Proposal" ("RFP"
hereinafter) to applicants who passed the application document screening,
and will then proceed with substantial examination.
The results of each level of the selection procedure will be notified
to all applicants, but will not be released to the public.
(1) Application document screening
- A collaborative group of companies may apply as one entity.
- The names of the applicants are not released to the public.
- The top five companies from among the applicants are selected to move to the next step.
(2)Initial Selection
- TSE will select two or three finalists after reviewing the content of the proposals submitted in response to the RFP presented by TSE.
(3) Final selection
- TSE will select the project developer from among those who passed the initial selection phase.
The competition schedule is as follows:
(1) August 22, 2006
Publish procedure for the competition
Begin accepting applications / application document screening
(2) September 8, 2006
Deadline for submitting applications
(3) September 22, 2006
Complete application document screening / notify applicants of the
results
(4) Early October, 2006
Presentation of RFP to applicants who pass application document
screening / begin initial selection process
(5) Mid-October, 2006
Complete initial selection / begin final selection process
(6) End of December, 2006
Select developer
3. How to Participate in the Competition:
(1) |
Applicants are requested to fill out the "Application Material Request Form for the Next-Generation Trading System Developer Competition" on the TSE website and request the relevant materials for the application document screening process. This form can be found at the following webpage:
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(2) | After the applicant registers their information on the document
request form, TSE will mail the "Application Materials
for the Next-Generation Trading System Developer Competition"
to the registered address. (This process may take several days.) |
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(3) | After receipt of the above materials, applicants must send all documents necessary for screening to TSE by the deadline date (Friday, September 8, 2006) if they wish to officially participate in the competition. |
4. Documents to be Submitted for Application Document Screening
Applicants are required to submit the following materials in Japanese
when applying for the screening process.
Details are described in the above "Application Materials for
the Next-Generation Trading System Developer Competition."
(1) |
Corporate profile (any format) |
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(2) | Confirmation form for participation in the next-generation trading system developer competition (format prescribed by TSE) | ||||||||||||||
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Specific information and materials which demonstrate that the applicant meets the following necessary requirements ((1) to (6)) (in any format)
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Contacts
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
IT Planning
Tel: 81-3-3666-0141