1. Introduction Pursuant to Section 3-04 of the New York City Procurement Policy Board Rules, The Office of the New York City Comptroller (“Comptroller”) is seeking to enter into a Negotiated Acquisition Agreement with an appropriately qualified vendor to conduct a study of the activities and operations of the Comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management (“BAM”), particularly in relation to the Comptroller’s role as investment advisor, assessing the quality of support that BAM provides to the deliberations and decision-making of the Trustees of each of the five New York City retirement systems (Teachers Retirement System of the City of New York, New York City Employees’ Retirement System, New York City Police Pension Fund, New York City Fire Pension Fund, and Board of Education Retirement Systems; collectively the “Systems”).

2. Authorized Agency Contact Person: The Authorized Agency Contact Person for all communications pertaining to this solicitation is listed here: Contact: Samantha Bobb E-Mail: STAR@comptroller.nyc.gov The Comptroller’s Office will endeavor to provide responses to inquiries received from proposers. Any such inquiries should be in writing and sent by e-mail to the Authorized Agency Contact Person by May 11, 2023. Responses to such inquiries will be in writing and, where appropriate, will be provided to all proposers.

The Request for Expressions of Interest will be available for download from the Comptroller’s website, www.comptroller.nyc.gov, on May 4th, 2023. To download the Notice of Intent from the Comptroller’s website, select “RFPs & Solicitations” then “Negotiated Acquisition for the Strategic & Tactical Accountability Review” and complete the form. Vendors that are interested in expressing interest in this procurement may submit proposals to contact Samantha Bobb, Deputy Director of Contracts at STAR@comptroller.nyc.gov. Expressions of Interest are due May 22nd, 2023 by 3PM (ET).

ANY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST RECEIVED AFTER THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE ABOVE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.