Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: George Tablack
Department: Finance and Administrative Services Division: Purchasing
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE Request for Proposals (RFP) No. TEC2122482P1, Self-Insured Group Health and Pharmacy Insurance for the Human Resources Division, in substantially the form attached.
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Why Action is Necessary
In accordance with the Broward County Procurement Code, 21.32.c., Competitive Sealed Proposals, Board approval is required prior to advertisement for competitive sealed proposals that has an anticipated total value of more than $500,000.
What Action Accomplishes
Approves a Request for Proposals solicitation to engage a qualified firm, or firms, to provide group health and pharmacy insurance for Broward County employees, retirees, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) participants, survivors, and their eligible dependents.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
None
Summary Explanation/Background
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASING DIVISION RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development did not establish County Business Enterprise (CBE) participation goals for this project because there are fewer than two certified CBEs available to participate in this project (Exhibit 2).
The Human Resources Division seeks to engage a qualified firm, or firms to provide affordable, group health and pharmacy insurance administration and programs for group health and pharmacy insurance on a self-insured basis at competitive rates to Broward County employees, retirees, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) participants, survivors, and their eligible dependents. The programs offered should include a broad network of physicians and medical facilities, wellness and disease management programs as well as providing a broad network of pharmacies, mail order fulfilment services with a prescription formulary and protocols that accommodate the demographics of plan participants. Responding firms should have experience providing services to a large organization with the number of members and volume that the County currently experiences. The Request for Proposals (RFP) method of procurement was selected for this project to best serve the County with additional evaluation criteria. The RFP method provides for predefined evaluation criteria for ranking of firms based upon the required specialized technical expertise.
Responding firms can propose to provide insurance administration and programs for group health only, group pharmacy only, or for both group health and pharmacy. For any firms submitting proposals to provide both health and pharmacy insurance services, a third agreement, which will be a combination of the two separate health and pharmacy agreements, will be attached to the solicitation prior to advertisement.
Source of Additional Information
Brenda J. Billingsley, Director, Purchasing Division, (954) 357-6070
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
The estimated annual amount of this project is $82,000,000 for a total estimated five-year amount of $410,000,000.
Requisition No. HRS0000431