Guilford County NC MUNIS #20034

Benefits Consulting and Broker Services (RFP)

The government buyer is the Guilford County Purchasing Department located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The awarded services include benefits consulting and broker services for Health and Welfare Benefits such as Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness programs; Income Protection Benefits including Life Insurance, Supplemental Life, Long Term Care, Disability (STD/LTD); and Voluntary Benefits like Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity plans. The contract involves assisting the County with administration, management, and implementation of these benefits, including data-driven healthcare decision support, plan design recommendations, reporting, negotiations with providers, brokerage services for voluntary benefits, wellness consulting, stop-loss reinsurance bidding, compliance with federal and state regulations, and automation of benefits administration processes. The County currently uses United Healthcare for third-party administration and stop-loss coverage, Superior Vision for vision benefits, and has a self-funded medical plan with a $425,000 deductible. The contract is initially for three years with two optional one-year renewals, totaling up to five years. Unique contract requirements include compliance with Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) participation goals of 10%, good faith efforts to include minority businesses, and detailed reporting and consulting services to improve benefits administration. The contract also requires the provider to assist with transitioning manual in-house processes to automated systems and participate in vendor selection and implementation. The vendor must be registered in Guilford County's Vendor Self Service System and comply with electronic submission requirements. No specific OEMs or vendors other than United Healthcare and Superior Vision are mentioned as awardees in this RFP stage.

Description

Request for Proposal for Benefits Consulting and Broker Services including administration, management and implementation of Health and Welfare Benefits, Wellness programs, Income Protection Benefits, and Voluntary Benefits for Guilford County.

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