NOTICE is hereby given that COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS for a “LARGE CAP GROWTH EQUITY INVESTMENT OPTION FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII SECTION 457 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN”, RFP No. DCP-FY-09-1, is being solicited. Proposals shall be mailed or hand-delivered to the Chairperson of the Plan’s Board of Trustees (“Board“), at the Department of Human Resources Development (“HRD“), 235 S. Beretania Street, Room 1203, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, and must be received by 4:00 p.m. (HST), February 6, 2009. Deliveries by private mail services such as FedEx or equivalent shall be considered hand-delivered. Proposals shall not be opened publicly, but shall be opened in the presence of persons designated by the Chairperson.

The Request for Proposals (“RFP“) may be obtained at no cost, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (HST), December 29, 2008 from the above address or can be mailed by calling (808) 587-1070. Offerors/bidders requesting that the RFP be mailed to them must provide their Federal Express account number or equivalent. The deadline for submission of written questions or requests to amend the RFP is January 12, 2009. A written “Notice of Intent to Submit a Proposal” must be received by the above office by 4:00 p.m., (HST), January 26, 2009, in order to receive official communications from the Board involving the RFP. Questions and the Notice of Intent to Submit a Proposal may be faxed to (808) 587-1128. The Board reserves the right to cancel this RFP, or reject any and all proposals, in whole or in part, when it is in the best interest of the State. The State of Hawaii, Board, and HRD assume no financial responsibility/liability whatsoever for the preparation of any response to this RFP. Additional information on the RFP may be found on our website at http://www.hawaii.gov/hrd, or on the Procurement Notices System located on the State Procurement Office website at http://www.spo.hawaii.gov/.