RFP for Health And Welfare Broker-Of-Record Services

The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) in Hartford County, Connecticut, has issued Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 23-HR-001 seeking qualified firms to provide comprehensive health and welfare broker-of-record services for the next three plan years. The procurement encompasses two primary service categories: placement services and administration services for employee benefits. Placement services include the analysis, selection, establishment, and renewal of medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and flexible spending account benefits. Administration services involve claims handling and auditing, ACA regulatory updates and notifications, conducting annual employee meetings, policy and rate review, and providing employee assistance with coverage questions and recommendations. The RFP was released on August 22, 2022, with a vendor question and answer period running from August 22 to September 15, 2022. Proposals were due on September 29, 2022, at 3:00 PM EDT, with interested vendors instructed to obtain complete RFP documentation from MIRA's website at www.ctmira.org/business-links/current-bids-rfp-rfq/. The contact person for this opportunity is Roger Guzowski, located at MIRA's Rocky Hill, CT office.

The RFP is open to all vendors without specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organizational types. No incumbent vendor information was provided in the solicitation documents, and no details were shared about existing infrastructure or technology requiring integration. The RFP package does not specify an estimated total contract value or budget range, and no pricing terms were explicitly outlined in the available documents. The solicitation was designated as having no line items, suggesting a comprehensive service contract rather than an itemized pricing structure. Interested firms were required to submit proposals demonstrating their capability to provide the full scope of health and welfare broker-of-record services for MIRA's employee benefits program. The contract term is set for three plan years, though specific renewal options were not detailed in the available documentation.