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Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) Request for Proposal for Actuarial Audit Services Issue Date: November 23, 2004 Paul J. Tavares, General Treasurer, and Chairperson, Retirement Board Frank J. Karpinski, Executive Director 40 Fountain Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island Request for Proposal for Actuarial Services Executive Summary’ (Please Limit Response to One Page) Firm Name: ___________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ Telephone: Contact Person: Actuarial Team: ___________________________________________ Number of Public Defined Benefit Clients: __________________________ Average Number of Plan Assets: _________________________________ Why should the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island retain your firm to provide actuarial audit services? Please summarize your firm’s strengths in the space provided. Page 2 of 14 Table of Contents__________________________________Page A. Introduction and Historical Background …………………………………………4 B. Scope of Services to Be Provided ………………………………………….…………5 C. Minimum Qualifications and Proposal Requirements ……………………..6 Transmittal Letter and Minimum Qualifications Understanding Professional Staff and Firm Methodology D. Fees for ...

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Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) Request for Proposal for Actuarial Audit Services Issue Date:N ovember2 3, 2004

Paul J. Tavares, General Treasurer, and Chairperson, Retirement Board Frank J. Karpinski , Executive Direct or 40 Fountain Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island Request for Proposal for Actuarial Services Executive Summary’ (Please Limit Response to One Page) Firm Name: _________________________ __________________ ___________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________________________ Contact Person: ___________________________________________ ___ ________________________________________ Actuarial Team: Number of Public Defined Benefit Clients: __________________________ Average Number of Plan Assets: _________________________________ Why should the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island retainm your fir to provide actuarial audit services? Please summarize your firm’s strengths in the space provided.

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Introduction and Historical Background ……………………………4… …………

Scope of Services teo BProvided …………………………………… … … .5……

Minimum Qualifications and Proposal Requirements ……… … ..…6 …… Transmittal Letter and Minimum Qualifications Understanding Professional Staff and Firm Methodology

Fees for Services ……………………………………………………….….9… ……………

Table of Contents __Page ________________________________ A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.

Submission of Proposals ………………………………………………1…1 ……………

Evaluation Criteria ………………………………………………………1…2 …………….

ERSRI Bid Schedule of Events …………………………………………13… …………

Miscellaneous Provisions ………………………………………………1…3 ……………

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Employees’ Retireme Snytstem of Rhode Isla nd A. Introduction and Historical Background The Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI) and the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) are soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide an audit of the actalu acroinsultant for ERSRI. This Request for Proposals is issued in accordance R wi e t g h u lation No. 3. Rules Concerning the Selection of Consultan , t a s copy of which has been attached to this document. The Employees’ Retirement System is the major peutibrliecm rent agency in the state of Rhode Island with $6 billion in pension assets. In addition to providing retirement, death, and disability benefits to Rhode Island state employees, it also provides benefits to Rhode Island public school teachers iacnidpapnatrst in over 110 municipal plans. The plan has just over 35,000 active employees and approximately 20,000 retirees. The state system began in 1936, with a teacher plan added on in 1949. The municipal, or MERS plan, was created in 1951. As stated inits Rhode Island General Laws, the general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system is vested in a Retirement Board. One of its specific statutory duties is the selection of an actuary. R hode Island General L a§w36-8-10 provides the followin g: “The retirement board shall secure the services of an actuary who shall be the actuarial advisor of the board and who shall make the actuarial computations and valuations required by chapters 8 to 10, inclusive. Additionally, Rhode Island General Law’s §-83-612 through 1 r4equire experience investigations and an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Employees’ Retirement System. Consistent withR hode Island General Law §-38-63, the Retirement Boards i charged with the general administration and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system and making effective the provisions of chapters 8 10 of title 36. In its continuing efforts to carry out its fiduciary obligations and maintna ia comprehensive system of checks and balances, the Board from time to time requires its actuarial adviasuord itb e .d The 1949 Annual Report indicates A.A. Weinberg of Chicago was the consulting actuary to the Employees’ Retirement System. He retmhaei naecdt uary until 1977 when the Martin E. Segal Company replaced Mr. Weinberg. Segal served until 1991, William M. Mercer Co., Inc., then was hired and served until 1997 when the current actuarial firm Gabriel, Roeder, Smith and Company (Formerly Watson Wyatt Worldwide) was hired. Consistent with Rhode Island General Law §36-8-10, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith and Company was recently rehired to serve as ERSRI’s actuarial advisor.

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B. Scope of Services to be Provided The scope of the audit will be limited to wtoh el atrgest funds, the Employees’ Retirement System and the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. The purpose of this audit is atou dit the work of ERSRI’s current actuary, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith and Company (GRS). The audit will review the most recent annual valuation and experience study for ERSReIx ptroe ss an opinion and assure that the results presented are sound and reasonable. The ERSRI Board requests that the bid be on a fixed fee basis. The audit should include auditing and commenting on atshoen arebleness and appropriateness of the valuation methods, assumptions, certifications and conclusions of the consulting actuary GRS. The audit must include the following: 1. Determination of whether thaec tuarial methods, considerations and analyses used btyhe consulting actuary GRS in preparing the most recent actuarial valuation are technically sound and conform to the appropriate Standards of Practice as promulgated by the Actuarial Standards Board This determination will include: a. An in depth review da nanalysis of the valuation results, including an evaluation of the data used for reasonableness and consistency as well as a review of mathematical calculations for completeness and accuracy. b. Verification that all appropriate benefits have been vanldu ed a valued accuratelyV.erification that the data provided by the system is consistent with data used by GRS. c. Evaluation of the actuarial cost method and actuarial asset valuation method in use and whether other methods would be more appropriate for ERSRaIs a whole or for particular funds. d. Verification of the reasonableness of the calculation of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability and the amortization period. e. A full replication of the most recent actuarial valuation for the Employees’ Retirement Symsteand the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. 2. Determination of whether thaec tuarial methods, considerations and analyses used by the consulting actuary GRS in preparing the most recent experience study are technically sound and conform to the a tpepropri Standards of Practice as promulgated by the Actuarial Standards Board. This determination will include: a. A review of the demographic and economic actuarial assumptions for consistency, reasonableness and compatibility.

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b. A full replication, review ofh e tdemographic and economic actuarial assumptions for consistency, reasonableness and compatibility of the most recent experience study for the Employees’ Retirement System and the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System. 3. An opinion as to whether the cotnisnugl actuary’s reports conform to appropriate Standards of Practice as promulgated by the Actuarial Standards Boardand is comprehensive. Any recommendations for improvement in the report presentation should be included. The comprehensive review descr iabbeodve will result in a final written report and opinion containing the findings, recommendations and conclusions of the auditing actuary. GRS will be given the opportunity to prepare a written response, if they so desire. Their response will be i nicnl utdh e d final report submitted to the ERSRI Board. The auditing actuary will be required to present a formal presentation summarizing their written report to the ERSRI Board. C. Minimum Qualifications and Proposal Requirements Proposals must be as succ iansc tpossible while providing an accurate picture of the firm’s ability to meet the needs of ERSRI in a thorough, accurate, responsive and cos-teffective manner. Each proposal must contain the following elements: Transmittal Letter and Minimum Qualificantis o

Within the transmittal letter, the proposing firm must certify to the following minimum qualifications. 1. The firm is a professional actuarial firm that provides actuarial valuations, experience investigations, and pension consulting services. 2. The prinicpal actuary who will be responsible for the ERSRI audit is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and is an enrolled actuary. 3. The firm must agree not to enter into an engagement to provide actuarial and/or pension consulting services with any agency of the State of Rhode Island that involves the use of data and other information received from the Employees’ Retirement System and the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System, unless approved by the Retirement Board.

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4. The letter must be signed by an individutahlo raizued to bind the firm contractually and must state the name, title, address, phone number, fax and internet address of a contact person who is authorized to provide clarification of the proposal should it be necessary.

Understanding of the Project In this section, describe your understanding of the services covered by this RFP. Professional Staff and Firm Methodology

In this section, describe the experience of the individuals who will be assigned to the ERSRI account. Principal Actuar y

a. Identify the principal actuary by name and give the year such actuary became a Fellow or Associate of the Society of Actuaries and an enrolled actuary under Section 3042 of the Employees’ Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. b. Detail how long the principal actu ahriaevse been involved in pension consulting and identify those -simziedd public retirement systems (with memberships of 3-01, 0 0 , 0 00) in which the actuary has worked as the principal actuary. Also, please state whether such work involved the production of yearly actuarial valuations. c. Please include the resume of the principal actuary with your proposal.

Other Professional Sta ff

Identify and describe the qualifications of professional staff that will be available for work as needed. Please provide mae roefs u actuarial credentials for each member of the professional staff including the length of time the staff person has worked for a major actuarial firm.

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Firm Methodology

Please provide ERSRI with information, not exceeding two pages, regarding your approach to the scope of work outlined in Section B. Should you consider your approach to actuarial services to be different in any way, please describe those differences.

Firm History and Operations

Please address the following questions regardinfgi rymo: ur 1) How many years has the firm been providing actuarial services? 2) Please identify the location of the primary office that will provide services for ERSRI. 3) Describe the ownership structure of the firm, including the relationships of each branch offoi cet hte branch offices and to the headquarters. Identify the individual who has overall responsibility for the firm’s operations. Please disclose any conflicts of interest that maiyn exist performing services to ERS. RI 4) Please describe any material devmeleonpts in the ownership structure of your organization over the past three years. Describe any planned material changes in your organization in detail. 5) If the client contact person is other than the actuary, please identify who will be the client conetrascot np on the ERSRI account?

Audit of Valuation, Experience Investigation, and Consulting Services

a. List current state pension system clients (Preferably in the mid-sized range) of the firm for whom you perform actuarial audit services. Also, all firmso uslhd submit a past template or sample of a recent audit performed for either an actuarial valuation and / or an experience study.

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