Request for proposals for marketing and communications services for the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program (HRSP) for **** are due June 29, 2026, 12:00 PM HST, via electronic submission to the HIEPRO system. Services include branding, creative development, multilingual translation, media planning, community outreach, and reporting. Proposals will be evaluated based on experience, qualifications, creativity, strategy, budget, timeline, and references. A mandatory transaction fee of 0. 75% applies to awards.
Offers are due at 12:00 p. m. , Hawaii Standard Time HST on June 29, 2026.
Payments will be made in accordance with HRS **** must reference the contract number and be supported by documentation of completed deliverables. Payments are subject to fund availability and fiscal-year constraints.
Proposals will be evaluated on experience qualifications (30%), creativity strategy (25%), budget cost efficiency (20%), timeline implementation plan (15%), and references past performance (10%).
Prior to award, the selected offeror must be compliant with Hawaii general excise tax law, employment security law, workers compensation law, temporary disability insurance law, and prepaid health care act. This compliance will be verified via Hawaii Compliance Express (HCE).
Protests concerning the RFP must be filed within a week of the award date pursuant to HRS **** and HAR chapter ****.
A proposal may be rejected for reasons including, but not limited to: late submission, failure to meet mandatory RFP requirements, nonresponsiveness or incomplete proposal components, failure to comply with HRS chapter 103D or HAR title 3 procurement rules, and failure to provide required information for evaluation.