Market Conduct Life Annuities Examination Suppor

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Market Conduct Life & Annuities Examination Support

6100065548

Issue Date: April 15, 2026

Due by May 15, 2026

Issued By:

Pennsylvania Insurance Department

Bureau of Administration

1326 Strawberry Square

Harrisburg, PA 17120

Contact: Mark Lapkowicz

Phone: 717.783.4316

Email: ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Market Conduct Life & Annuities Examination Support

INS-RFQ-MA-L&A-2026

Table of Contents

Domestic Workforce Utilization

ATTACHMENT A, Questionnaire

ATTACHMENT B, Fee Schedule

ATTACHMENT C, Vendor Computer Use Agreement

ATTACHMENT D, Non-Collusion Affidavit

ATTACHMENT E, Domestic Workforce Utilization Form

ATTACHMENT F, Security Requirement Acknowledgement

ATTACHMENT G, Commonwealth Travel Policy (provided for informational purposes only and does not require completion or execution by vendors seeking prequalification)

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Market Conduct Life & Annuities Examination Support

INS-RFQ-MA-L&A-2026

Introduction. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (“Department”), on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is compiling a list of pre-qualified vendors to perform various services related to the Market Conduct Examination functions of the Department. The Department will qualify vendors to support comprehensive, targeted, multi-state, and/or limited-scope Market Conduct examinations by providing market conduct examiner, Information Technology (“IT”) specialist, and other specialist services. The Department will evaluate vendors that provide any or all of the needed services for inclusion on the list of qualified vendors.

Issuing Office. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Department. All communication shall be addressed to:

Pennsylvania Insurance Department

Attention: Mark Lapkowicz

Proposal in Response to 6100065548

Bureau of Administration

1326 Strawberry Square

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120

ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov

Phone: (717) 783-4316

This issuing office is the sole point of contact in the Commonwealth for this RFQ. All questions and communications relating to this RFQ should be emailed to: ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov.

Purpose. The purpose of this RFQ is to allow the Department to qualify vendors to assist in comprehensive, targeted, multi-state, and/or limited-scope market conduct examinations of insurance licensees and entities. Examination work must be completed in accordance with Pennsylvania laws and regulations (and other states’ laws when examinations are conducted on a multi-state basis), and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Market Regulation Handbook. This qualification process contains no guarantee of engagement to perform work on behalf of the Department.

Minimum Requirements: Vendor personnel that would be assigned to examinations must have at least two years of documented prior experience in performing the principal services for which qualification is requested as listed in item 2 of TAB A – Questionnaire.

Tentative Schedule. The Department anticipates determining pre-qualification of vendors by June 30, 2026, for services to be provided on an “as needed” basis based upon the Department’s need for outside expertise/consultant from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The deadline for submission is 3:00 P.M. EST, May 15, 2026.

The Department will make every effort to adhere to the following schedule:

Deadline to submit questions via email to ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov	April 30, 2026
Answers to Potential Offeror questions posted to eMarketplace at http://www.emarketplace.state.pa.us/Search.aspx no later than this date	May 5, 2026
The proposal must be received by the Issuing Office at ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov with the subject line “Proposal in Response to 6100065548”	May 15, 2026

Requirements for Pre-Qualification. In order for a vendor to be considered for qualification, and in order for the Department to accept a response to this RFQ as “complete,” prospective vendors must submit each of the following items in a complete and timely manner with their response labeled as identified below:

TAB A – Completed and signed Questionnaire (included with this RFQ as Attachment A)

TAB B – Completed and signed Fee Schedule (included with this RFQ as Attachment B)

TAB C – Signed attestation from a Corporate Officer with authority to bind the prospective vendor that the vendor and its staff will be able to comply with the terms of the Vendor Computer Use Agreement (included with this RFQ as Attachment C)

TAB D – Completed and signed Department of General Services (“DGS”) Non-Collusion Affidavit (included with this RFQ as Attachment D)

TAB E – Completed and signed Domestic Workforce Utilization Form (included with this RFQ as Attachment E)

TAB F – Completed and signed Security Requirement Acknowledgement

All responses to this RFQ must be received in complete format by the Department’s Issuing Office by no later than 3:00 EST on May 12, 2026. The Department reserves the right to reject any submission received after that time, as well as any submission that does not contain all of the information in a complete format and identified above presented in the manner prescribed. The entire completed submission package must be provided to the issuing office electronically via email to ra-in-rfqmala-65548@pa.gov. The subject line of the email containing the submission package should be “Proposal in Response to 6100065548.” The Department will evaluate each vendor’s qualifications based solely on the information provided in the completed submission package. The final evaluation and pre-qualification will be made by the Department. Failure to respond completely and accurately to each individual item in the questionnaire and all accompanying attachments may result in disqualification from further consideration. All materials received will become the sole and exclusive property of the Department and could be subject to public disclosure, so do not include any information that is considered confidential, trade secret or proprietary.

Selection and Engagement of Vendors:

The Department will review all submissions for qualification and notify all vendors that make a submission in response to this RFQ of the outcome of the review. All qualified vendors will be assigned to a list maintained by the Department’s Bureau of Market Actions. When a need for Market Conduct examination support services arises, the Department will consider for use and contact any vendor on the list that is qualified to provide the needed services and does not present an actual, perceived or potential conflict of interest. When making the determination, the Department will consider:

• The needs of the agency associated with the particular examination;

• Whether the vendor can complete all or any part of an engagement within the timeframes required by the Department;

• Whether engagement of the vendor will present an actual, perceived, or potential conflict of interest; and/or

• The level of expertise of the proposed personnel.

The Department may, in its discretion, offer the engagement to any qualified vendor for consideration. Upon selection by the Department for a particular engagement from the qualified vendor list as described above, the vendor will be required to execute an Engagement Letter with the Department that will specify the terms of the engagement, the scope of the work to be performed, and other information relating to the payment for the services performed by the licensee or entity that is the subject of the examination.

Transparency. Under the transparency provisions of Pennsylvania’s examination law (40 P.S. § 323.4b), the Department must provide to the licensee, or entity that is the subject of the examination, a detailed budget estimate prior to commencing the examination.

Non-Collusion Affidavit. The Department shall summarily reject proposals received from any applicant who engages in collusive bidding. The terms and conditions of the Anti-Bid Rigging Act, the Act of May 15, 1998, P.L. 358, No.57, 62 Pa. C.S. §§4501 et seq. apply. Each applicant must sign and submit the “Non-Collusion Affidavit – the Anti-Bid Rigging Act” shown in TAB D.

Domestic Workforce Utilization Form. Each applicant must complete, sign and witness the “Domestic Workforce Utilization Form” shown in TAB E.