NIGP 95337: Disability

NIGP 95337 Disability, an Item code, encompasses fully insured and self-funded disability insurance administration — both short-term and long-term disability coverage — procured by state agencies, counties, cities, school districts, and transit authorities to cover their active employees and retirees. Recent solicitations show state and local buyers treating disability as part of larger voluntary and ancillary benefits bundles, alongside life insurance, critical illness coverage, accident insurance, and employee assistance programs, rather than as a standalone procurement. Disability appears most frequently as a mandatory component within comprehensive employee health and welfare benefits RFPs, with carriers expected to integrate disability administration with medical, dental, vision, and supplemental product lines through unified enrollment platforms and claims systems. The mix of issuing bodies includes major city governments (Lewisville and Burleson, Texas; New Smyrna Beach, Florida; City Colleges of Chicago), county governments (Athens-Clarke County and Clarke County in Georgia; Boulder County, Colorado; Gwinnett County and El Paso County in Texas), school districts (Saint Louis Public Schools, Granite School District in Utah, City Colleges of Chicago), and specialized public entities such as Workforce Solutions Borderplex. Repeat buyers and large-scale solicitors include Texas municipalities and Georgia counties, which have launched multiple concurrent procurements for disability and ancillary benefits.

Recent disability procurements cluster in Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Utah, and Florida, reflecting spring 2026 benefits renewal cycles tied to January 1, 2027 plan-year effective dates. Representative opportunities include the City of Lewisville's RFP 2671P for comprehensive employee health and welfare benefits (due May 26, 2026) covering long-term disability for approximately 910 active employees and retirees; the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County's RFP 26036 for voluntary disability, life, and family and medical leave administration (due May 19, 2026) serving 1,500 active employees and 800 retirees; Boulder County's two-phase RFP process for group life and disability insurance (RFQ due April 15, 2026; formal RFP proposals due May 22, 2026) covering approximately 2,300 employees; Saint Louis Public Schools' RFP 0992026 for district-wide employee benefit services including short-term and long-term disability (due April 22, 2026); and the City of Burleson's RFP 2026-018 for ancillary insurance benefits including short-term and long-term disability (due March 26, 2026) for approximately 410 employees with annual premiums of $337,000–$338,000 across all ancillary categories. Incumbent carriers visible across these opportunities include Lincoln Financial Group (Boulder County), Unum Life Insurance Company of America (Athens-Clarke County), CIGNA (Lewisville), and Symetra Life Insurance Company (Burleson), indicating stable vendor relationships and multi-year contract cycles aligned with five-year marketing requirements or renewal schedules.