Emerging Market Equities Investment Management Services

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), a United States government corporation and agency of the United States, was created under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to administer the federal pension insurance program and enforce compliance with the provisions of Title IV. The PBGC has a requirement for Emerging Market Equities Investment Management Services. The investment management organization that will be retained under contract by PBGC shall be responsible for providing investment management of an international emerging market equity portfolio. The PBGC exclusively uses institutional investment management firms to invest its assets, subject to PBGC's oversight and consistent with the PBGC's Investment Policy Statement. PBGC selects investment managers subsequent to a rigorous procurement process and delegates investment discretion to them to manage the Corporation's investment assets consistent with guidelines specified by contract. The PBGC continuously reviews and evaluates manager performance and conducts extensive due diligence to ensure satisfaction of performance standards and compliance with investment guidelines.

The NAICS code is 523920 (Portfolio Management), with a small business size standard of $35,500,000. In order to be eligible for award, all responsible sources must be registered with System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors may register online at the website, www.sam.gov. The solicitation and any amendments will be available through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website https://www.fbo.gov. PBGC anticipates issuing the solicitation on or about February 27, 2014 and making an award on or about August 26, 2014. These dates are approximate. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO website for the most up-to-date information concerning this forthcoming solicitation. Paper copies of the solicitation and any amendments will not be distributed. Upon issuance of the solicitation, there will be an identified question and answer period. Further inquiries regarding solicitation must be sent to Roland Thomas, Contracting Officer at thomas.roland@pbgc.gov, Norman Cofer, Contracting Officer at cofer.norman@pbgc.gov and Fiorela Kvalevog, Contracting Officer at kvalevog.fiorela@pbgc.gov.