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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A-13188 between the County of Monterey and UNUM, retroactive to February 1, 2017, and extending the term of the agreement through January 31, 2018, and replacing Exhibit B, in its entirety, with Exhibit B-1; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign future amendments to the agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or cause an increase in the agreement rates to a total of more than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total of the contract.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign a Renewal and Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A-13188 between the County of Monterey and UNUM, retroactive to February 1, 2017, and extending the term of the agreement through January 31, 2018, and replacing Exhibit B, in its entirety, with Exhibit B-1; and
b. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign future amendments to the agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of work or cause an increase in the agreement rates to a total of more than ten percent (10%) of the aggregate total of the contract.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On June 21, 2016, the Board of Supervisors approved Agreement No. A-13188 between the County of Monterey and UNUM to provide administration of the self-funded, short-term disability advice-to-pay services; fully insured employer-paid, long-term disability (LTD) benefits; and fully insured, voluntary employee-paid LTD benefits, with the option to extend the agreement by mutual consent of the parties. The Contracts/Purchasing Officer was also authorized by the Board to sign future amendments to the agreement.
The Human Resources Department's (HRD) -Benefits Division was working with UNUM toward renewing and extending the Agreement prior to its expiration on January 31, 2017....
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