9-RFP 08 Cost Proposal Worksheet.pdf
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- Employee Vision Benefits
- Solicitation number
- RFP26-68
- Issued by
- Los Alamos County, New Mexico
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This is a Cost Proposal Worksheet for a fully-insured vision insurance benefits contract issued by the Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, Procurement Division under Solicitation No. RFP26-68. Los Alamos County seeks qualified offerors to provide vision insurance benefit coverage to county employees. The solicitation requires proposers to submit detailed cost proposals using the provided worksheet format, which requests monthly fees for the current plan design across a seven-year contract term, with Years 1 and 2 requiring level rates and no increases. Offerors may also propose alternative plan designs with associated cost impacts, and must provide retention illustrations showing the breakdown of premium components including program administration, network access fees, premium taxes, employee communications, meeting attendance, contracts/SPDs, risk charges, and profit margins.
Pricing must be quoted on current contribution amounts and the current three-tier rate structure (Employee Only, Employee + 1, and Employee + 2 or more). County Code prohibits cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts, and rates cannot include commissions. Fees must be guaranteed for a minimum of two years with identical rates for Years 1 and 2, while rate caps or guarantees proposed for Years 3 through 7 will receive additional evaluation points. All costs must be proposed in United States currency, and offerors may propose price escalation mechanisms for future years based on specified dollar amounts, percentages, capped amounts, or indices such as CPI, along with notification and approval processes. The worksheet also addresses the impact on vision rates if an offeror is awarded multiple lines of coverage and includes the county's travel reimbursement guidelines, which limit hotel rates to $250 base per night, per diem meals to $90 daily for multi-day travel, and require supporting documentation for all expenses.
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COST PROPOSAL WORKSHEET
Incorporated County of Los Alamos Procurement Division
101 Camino Entrada, Building 3 Los Alamos, NM 87544
Version: 20250318
Offeror Company Name:
Solicitation No.: RFP26-68
Solicitation Title: Employee Vision Benefits
Name and Title of the Person Completing this Form
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Using this form, or Offeror’s own similarly formatted document, propose costs for all services, defined clearly in individual line items. If more space is needed, Offerors may add rows to clearly describe all costs or may provide more information separately.
2. All costs proposed must be in the currency of the United States of America.
3. Describe costs for reimbursable expenses, if any. If travel costs are proposed as direct reimbursable costs, Offerors should note the County’s *Travel Guidelines provided below and note any deviations or exceptions proposed by Offeror.
4. Describe costs for any additional and optional services Offeror may propose that are not already clearly described.
5. In accordance with County Code, the use of a cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contract is prohibited.
Rates shall not include commissions.
6. Provide costs for all services (including additional, optional, and future services) for all years of an agreement. County will consider, but is under no obligation to accept proposed future year unit prices or price escalations, which may include but are not limited to price escalations based on:
a. a specified dollar amount;
b. a specified percentage;
c. a capped not-to-exceed dollar amount or percentage (e.g., annual increases will never exceed the lesser of $1,000.00 or 3%, per year over the prior year’s fee amounts);
d. or some other formula (e.g., a specific Producer Price Index or Consumer Price Index).
7. If proposing a price escalation mechanism for future years of an agreement where a specified dollar amount or specified percentage has not been proposed (e.g., if using a CPI), Offerors should also clearly describe the process and timing for Offeror to notify County of any such increase and the process by which County would approve such an increase in future years. County, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to accept any given proposed fees and price escalation mechanism and process for any agreement term length.
8. Provide a quote for the current plan design. Provide cost impact for plan design enhancement as outlined in RFP, as well as any plan design alternatives you wish to propose. For Fully Insured fees, quote on the current contributions, and current 3-tier rate structure basis. Fees must be guaranteed for a minimum of two (2) years with level rates for Years 1 and 2 (i.e., there can be no increase in rates in Years 1 and 2). Rate caps or guarantees in years 3-7 will receive additional points as reference in the Proposal Evaluation Criteria Number 6 of the RFP.
COST PROPOSAL WORKSHEET: FULLY INSURED RATES
COST CATEGORY
CURRENT PLAN DESIGN
Monthly Fees:
Years 1 & 2
Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
Employee Only:
Employee + 1:
Employee + 2 or more:
COST CATEGORY
ALTERNATIVE PLAN
DESIGN (IF OFFERING)
Monthly Fees:
Years 1 & 2
Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7
Employee Only:
Employee + 1:
Employee + 2 or more:
RETENTION
ILLUSTRATION (1ST PLAN
YEAR)
% OF PREMIUM
Program Administration:
Network Access Fees:
Premium Taxes:
Required Employee Communications:
Required Meeting Attendance:
Contracts/ SPDs:
Risk Charge:
Profit:
TOTAL:
Multiple Lines of Coverage If you are awarded multiple lines of coverage, what, if any, is the impact to your quoted Vision rates:
*Travel Guidelines:
If Offeror’s travel costs are proposed as direct reimbursable costs, copies of all travel expenses must accompany invoices submitted to County and shall only include the following:
1. The most economical means of transportation shall be used, commercial airlines coach fare rates;
2. Business-related tolls and parking fees;
3. Rental car, taxi service or shuttle services;
4. Mileage shall be reimbursed at the standard mileage rate for business miles driven as established from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service or a minimum of $0.45 per mile;
5. Hotel or motel lodging, not to exceed $250.00 base rate per night excluding tax;
6. Meals, per Los Alamos County Travel Policy, currently $90.00 per diem daily for multi-day travel, or up to $40.00 daily for one day travel;
7. Internet connectivity charges;
8. Any other reasonable costs directly associated with conducting business with County.
9. If reimbursement for lodging or airfare is sought and no receipt is furnished by Contractor showing the actual cost, the travel expense shall be deemed unreasonable and un-reimbursable.
Travel Expenses not allowed are as follows:
1. Entertainment; in-room movies, games, etc. and
2. Alcoholic beverages, mini bar refreshments or tobacco products.
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