THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT/HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development did not establish a County Business Enterprise participation goal (Exhibit 2).
Broward County (County) provides self-insured group health and pharmacy insurance coverage for benefits-eligible employees, retirees, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) plan participants, and covered dependents. The County has been self-funded for group health insurance since January 1, 2015, and for pharmacy benefits since January 1, 2000. The Human Resources Division seeks to engage a qualified firm to provide benefits consulting services for a fixed monthly fee and additional services on an ad hoc basis related to Broward County’s employee benefit plans, including procurement services, analysis, compliance, strategy and monthly review of health and pharmacy claims through use of a data warehouse maintained by the firm.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) method of procurement was selected for this project to best serve the County. The RFP method provides for predefined evaluation criteria for ranking of firms based upon the required specialized technical expertise. Proposers are required to determine the best coverage as outlined in the RFP (Exhibit 1).
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