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 (OESBD) did not assign County Business Enterprise (CBE) goals for this procurement because there are no certified CBE firm that can meet the requirements of the solicitation. Therefore, consistent with the Broward County Business Opportunity Act of 2012, as amended, Sec. 1-81.3.(a)(1)a, if there are fewer than two certified CBEs available to participate in a specific project, no CBE goal will be applicable. The OESBD determined that this project is not subject to the Broward County Workforce Investment Program (Exhibit 2).
The purpose of this solicitation is to engage a qualified firm to provide Group Life and Related Insurance proposals for the provision of fully-insured, County-paid Basic Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Occupational Assault AD&D, Hazardous Occupation, and voluntary employee-paid Supplemental Term Life and AD&D Insurance and for specified groups of employees. The objective of this solicitation is to obtain the best program for County employees and ultimately establish an Agreement for the delivery of a comprehensive, County- and member-paid Term Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance plan for all benefit-eligible employees; voluntary Optional Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for benefit-eligible employees, retirees and insured dependents and Felonious Assault and Hazardous Occupation Insurance as required by the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements.
The RFP method of procurement was selected for this project to best serve the County with additional evaluation criteria other than price alone. 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 method to accomplish these specialized services (Exhibit 1).
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