TRANSMITTAL LETTER FOR BOARD MEETING OF APRIL 18, 2019
COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT
Mr. Brian A. Perkovich, Executive Director
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Report on advertisement of Request for Proposal 19-RFP-12 Dental Plan Administrator, for a three-year period, effective January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022, Account 101-25000-601250
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Dear Sir:
Request for Proposal documents are being prepared for a dental plan administrator at the request of the Human Resources Department.
The purpose of this contract is to select a qualified carrier to provide dental coverage for employees. The program will include a dental preferred provider organization (DPPO) option and a dental maintenance organization (DMO) option. These plans are currently provided and administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, a division of Health Care Services Corporation. The current contract expires December 31, 2019.
No bid deposit is required for this request for proposal.
The Diversity Section reviewed the request for proposal and concluded that Affirmative Action Appendix A and Appendix V goals are not applicable for this contract. The scope of work is limited to providing only the DPPO and DMO and there are no MBE/WBE/SBE/VBE firms available to perform the requested service.
The tentative schedule for this contract is as follows:
Advertise May 1, 2019
Proposals Received May 31, 2019
Award September 5, 2019
Completion December 31, 2022
Funds for years 2020, 2021 and 2022 are contingent on the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the District’s budget for those years.
Requested, Beverly K. Sanders, Director of Human Resources, BKS:JEF
Respectfully Submitted, Darlene A. LoCascio, Director of Procurement and Materials Management