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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TATE REEVES, GOVERNOR

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

SEAN J. TINDELL, COMMISSIONER

Notice of Intent to Award IFB 3160007857

Procurement Type and Name IFB# 3160007857

Procurement Title Invitation for Bid to provide Third

Party Claims Administration

Services for the MS Department of

Public Safety (MDPS) Opening Date and Time March 31, 2026, at 10:00 am CST

April 24, 2026

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) issued an Invitation for Bids (IFB) to secure a vendor to administer Third-Party Administration (TPCA) services. The awarded contract term will be a four-year contract with one optional (1) yearly renewal. The work shall consist of prompt and accurate adjudication of workers’ compensation claims filed by the employees of the Department. Third Party Administration (TPCA) services will include claims investigations, compensability determinations, claim and expense payments, litigation management, medical case management and overall management of claim files to include completion and timely filing of reports required by the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation

Commission, as well as statistical and management reports to the MS Department of Public

Safety.

Question and Answers was released on March 17, 2026, all other specifications will remain the same.

MDPS provides workers’ compensation coverage to approximately 1,600 employees. Job descriptions range from law enforcement, clerical and maintenance to air pilots. MDPS utilizes the services of a Third Party Claims Administrator (TPCA) to manage all claims related activities, including but not limited to, claims investigations, compensability determinations, claim and expense payments, litigation management, medical case management and internal as well as external reporting.

The IFB required the winning vendor to have been in business and have provided Third Party

Administration (TPCA) services similar in terms of requirements and scale to those described in this Invitation for Bid for a minimum of ten (10) years and currently provide workers’ compensation TPCA services to at least one large client with 1,600 or more employees.

The MS Department of Public Safety released the IFB for a vendor to administer third-party claims administrator to services RFX 3160007857 on February 24, 2026. In response to the IFB, MDPS received two (2) sealed bids on March 31, 2026, from the following vendors:

• Corvel Enterprise Claims 587 Highland Colony Pkwy, Suite 200 Ridgeland, MS 39157

• Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. 6360 I-55 North, Suite 180 Jackson, MS

39211

MDPS opened bids on March 31,2026. The bids were ranked as follows:

Vendor Estimated annual cost: Administrative

Annual Fees and Medical Cost

Containment Fees

Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. $121,476.00

Corvel Enterprise Claims $130,240.00

The MDPS reviewed the bids submitted and it was determined that the bids were responsive to the IFB and met the minimum qualifications set forth in the IFB. Based on the review, and having submitted the lowest, responsive, responsible bid, MDPS recommends the contract to be awarded to the following:

• Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. 6360 I-55 North, Suite 180 Jackson, MS

39211

The deadline to request reconsideration of the intent to award is Thursday April 30, 2026, at 5:00

pm. Request for Reconsideration must be received in writing, by U.S. mail or electronic submission. Any such request shall be filed with the Bid Coordinator, Britney Wesley, Sonya

Willams and Teselyn Funches the Director of OPSCR within three business days following issuance of the Notice of Intent to Award and posting of the Agency Procurement File in compliance with Sections 5.6.1, 5.6.1.1, and 5.6.1.2. of the PPRB OPSCR rules and Regulations manual. It shall be the sole responsibility of the requesting bidder to ensure the request is timely received by all required parties.

The writing request shall contain the requesting vendor’s name, a single contact person, all contact information for the contact person, the RFx number of the solicitation, the date the IFB was issued, and the date the Notice of Intent to Award was issued. The request shall identify which of these rules and regulations and/or the terms of the IFB the requesting bidder believes were violated by the Agency during the bid evaluation process, explain the factual basis for the alleged violation(s), and specify how the alleged violation(s) affected the outcome of the procurement. The request shall not be based on anything other than the Agency Procurement

File, OPSCR rules and regulations, and the terms of the solicitation. The request shall not be supplemented. A reconsideration of intent to award is considered filed when received by the Bid

Coordinator, Britney Wesley, Sonya Willams of the MS Department of Public Safety, via either

U.S. mail, postage prepaid, electronic submission or personal delivery. Request for reconsideration of intent to award filed after April 30, 2026, 5:00 p.m. CST will not be considered.