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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign an Agreement between the County of Monterey and Vision Service Plan (VSP) for Third-Party Administration (TPA) of the County's Self-Insured Vision Plan per Request for Proposals (RFP) #10718 with the initial Agreement term beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024, including the option to extend the Agreement for up to three (3) additional one (1)-year periods; 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 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 an Agreement between the County of Monterey and Vision Service Plan (VSP) for Third-Party Administration (TPA) of the County's Self-Insured Vision Plan per Request for Proposals (RFP) #10718 with the initial Agreement term beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024, including the option to extend the Agreement for up to three (3) additional one (1)-year periods; 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 of more than ten percent (10%).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On behalf of the Human Resources Department, the Contracts/Purchasing Office released Request for Proposals (RFP) #10718 on August 8, 2019 for a third-party administrator of the County's Self-Insured Vision Plan. Vision Service Plan (VSP) was selected by the Selection Panel based on the evaluation criteria listed on the RFP.
Approval of the recommended actions will enable the County to continue working with Vision Service Plan as the Third-Party Administrator of the County's Self-Insured Vision Plan. Current enrollment is 4,633 active empl...
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