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 has determined that there is currently only one certified County Business Enterprise firm capable of providing these services, therefore, pursuant to Section 1-81.3(d) of the County Business Enterprise Act of 2012, no goal is applicable to this project (Exhibit 2).
The purpose of the solicitation is to engage the services of a qualified firm to provide consulting services on an ad-hoc basis related to benefit plan solicitation, 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) seeks an initial contract period not to exceed three years, beginning on January 1, 2015, with two one-year renewals.
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 the specialized services, with price being weighed against other factors. |