The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is tasked with safeguarding the integrity of the state’s financial and consumer protection systems, with a primary focus on the regulation and oversight of insurance markets, business practices, and professional services. Its core mission centers on ensuring market stability, consumer safety, and regulatory compliance across key economic sectors, particularly through independent examinations of insurance entities, financial analysis of premium structures, and enforcement of licensing and operational standards.
Hawaii Commerce & Consumer Affairs is a government agency with procurement activity across contracts, awards, and contractors.
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The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is tasked with safeguarding the integrity of the state’s financial and consumer protection systems, with a primary focus on the regulation and oversight of insurance markets, business practices, and professional services. Its core mission center...
The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is tasked with safeguarding the integrity of the state’s financial and consumer protection systems, with a primary focus on the regulation and oversight of insurance markets, business practices, and professional services. Its core mission centers on ensuring market stability, consumer safety, and regulatory compliance across key economic sectors, particularly through independent examinations of insurance entities, financial analysis of premium structures, and enforcement of licensing and operational standards. Strategic priorities include strengthening actuarial and auditing capabilities to assess risk exposure in captive and domestic insurance companies, modernizing examination processes with technology consultants, and maintaining robust accounting and financial oversight to support transparent governance.
The agency routinely procures professional services to support regulatory functions, with temporary staffing, accounting, actuarial, and IT consulting forming the backbone of its operational support. Contracts are typically structured as time-and-materials or fixed-price engagements for specialized expertise, often awarded through competitive solicitation without set-asides. Procurements are designed to supplement in-house capacity during peak examination cycles or for niche technical requirements not readily available internally.
Primary procurement activity targets NAICS codes 561320 (temporary help services for examiners and support staff), 541219 (other accounting services for financial reviews), 524114 and 524298 (actuarial and insurance-related analytical services), and 541519 (computer-related services for data systems and examination tools). The agency relies on experienced, licensed professionals with domain-specific knowledge in insurance regulation and financial auditing, and maintains a vendor ecosystem composed of independent consultants and specialized firms rather than large-scale service providers.
As a division of the Hawaii State Departments, the agency operates statewide with no physical headquarters listed, coordinating regulatory activities across all counties. It utilizes standard state procurement vehicles and competitive solicitation processes to acquire mission-critical professional services, emphasizing technical competence and regulatory alignment over geographic proximity or size-based preferences.
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