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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. A-13188 between the County of Monterey and UNUM extending the term of the Agreement through June 30, 2020 and changing the Scope of Service to change the current self-funded short-term disability advice-to-pay agreement to a fully-insured short-term disability agreement; 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%).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign Amendment No. 3 to Agreement No. A-13188 between the County of Monterey and UNUM extending the term of the Agreement through June 30, 2020 and changing the Scope of Service to change the current self-funded short-term disability advice-to-pay agreement to a fully-insured short-term disability agreement; 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%).
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. This Agreement has been amended two (2) times to extend the term period, and it is currently valid through and including January 31, 2019.
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