Internal Audit Services
- Client
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- RFP Number
- ACCT-26848
- Posted
- 10/3/2026
- Category
- Auditing, Finance and Accounting
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
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- Set-aside
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- Contact
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Description
AI GeneratedThe Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawaii (ERS) seeks a qualified onshore USA firm to perform internal audit services offsite for a five-year contract term. The selected vendor will assist in implementing and conducting the internal audit function, which encompasses operational, compliance, data, and information system reviews, as well as reviewing and proposing updates to the internal audit plan. Eligibility requires an onshore USA organization that has provided internal audit services to at least one entity and can assign a primary consultant with at least seven years of audit experience. Bidders must submit proposals digitally via email or online, including all required pricing data, and direct any questions to the ERS by October 12, 2026. A selection committee will evaluate the proposals using a phased process, starting with a mandatory requirements review.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from RFP-Internal-Audit-Services-2027-01-web.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawai’i is issuing this Request for Proposals to select a qualified firm to assist in continuing to implement and perform an internal audit function. The scope includes operational, compliance, data, and information system reviews. Eligible offerors include qualified firms that meet the mandatory requirements and submit responsive proposals.
- Issued by
- Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawai’i
- RFP Issue Date
- October 2, 2026
- Closing date to Submit Questions via Email
- October 12, 2026
- Best and Final Offers (if any) due
- November 25, 2026
- Estimated Notice to Award
- December 2-4, 2026
- How to submit
- Receipt of Hardcopy or Email for BAFO response
- Submission details
- Proposals shall be date and time-stamped upon receipt at ERS by 4:30 p.m. (H.S.T.) on specified due dates.
- Contract term
- Five years
- Place of performance
- Honolulu, HI / Offsite
- Insurance and bonding
- No bid bond, performance bond, or payment bond is required.
- Funding
- Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 103D and Chapter 88
How proposals are evaluated
| Stability and relevant experience of the firm | |
| Proposed Fees | 10.0 points maximum |
Scope of work
- Implement and perform an internal audit function
- Conduct operational reviews
- Conduct compliance reviews
- Conduct data reviews
- Conduct information system reviews
- Review internal audit plan and propose needed modifications to the administrative & audit committee and board
Minimum qualifications
- Must provide internal audit services to a minimum of one public pension fund
- Primary consultant assigned must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience providing audit services
Documents to include with the bid
- Cover letter signed by authorized individual
- Written acknowledgement of receipt of any and all addenda
- Evidence of authority to sign (corporate resolution, bylaws, partnership agreement, or joint venture agreement)
- Federal tax identification number
- Hawaii General Excise Tax (GET) ID or representation
- Offeror Forms 1, 2, and 3
- Tax clearance certificate from Director of Taxation and Internal Revenue Service
- Certificate of compliance issued by Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- Certificate of good standing issued by Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Source and verification
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