By this request for proposal (“RFP”), the Office of the State Treasurer (“OST”), on behalf of the Plans Management Board (“Board”) and the Delaware EARNS Program Board (the “EARNS Board” and together with the Board, the “Boards”), is seeking proposals from qualified vendors ( “Vendors”) to provide investment advisory and consulting services for the three plans within the State’s Deferred Compensation Program authorized under Chapter 60A of Title 29 of the Delaware Code, the State’s education savings plan authorized by Subchapter XII, Chapter 34 of Title 14 of the Delaware Code (the “Education Savings Plan”), the State’s Achieving a Better Life Experience Program authorized under Chapter 96A of Title 16 (the “ABLE Plan”), and the State-facilitated retirement savings program known as the Delaware Expanding Access for Retirement and Necessary Saving (“EARNS”) Program authorized under Chapter 38 of Title 19 of the Delaware Code. The forgoing savings plans and programs are collectively referred to herein as the “Plans.”