Employee Benefit Consulting Services

The Vendor is required to provide employee consulting services for the County. 
- Retainer services should be invoiced quarterly, following a quarterly review meeting with the Consortium and the submission of required reports and minutes. Competitive proposal services should be invoiced in accordance with pre-defined, accepted milestone achievements outlined within the approved project timeline and scope document.
- Proactively monitor and provide timely written information on health insurance to include updates and pending and new Federal, State, and Local health care policy issues and requirements, benefit legislation, and changes in benefit tax law and its impact on each Consortium entity.
- Actively monitor plan structures and operations to ensure compliance with all Federal and State-mandated health law regulations and general best practices.
- Provide a pre-meeting briefing memo and post-meeting summary report, when applicable, detailing key outcomes and follow-up actions within 5 business days of the meeting.
- The report must include a detailed financial forecast, plan design modeling recommendations (with quantified cost/savings impacts), and a defined negotiation strategy with vendors and associations, including stop-loss mitigation.
- Assist in the implementation of the new program related to administration, carrier transition, and communications with employees and retirees. To include a detailed, time-bound project plan for a successful transition and implementation.