IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION awarding a three-year term and supply contract for employee group life, additional life, and dependent life insurance for use countywide to the Standard Insurance Company of Portland, OR, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 72-17.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 19649, November 13, 2017
 
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator 
 
 
Body
 WHEREAS, the County has a need for employee group life, additional life, and dependent life (AD&D)  insurance for use countywide; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has solicited bids for this insurance on Request for Proposals No. 72-17; and,
 
WHEREAS, a total of thirty-eight notifications were distributed and six responses thereon were received, with the three lowest and best bids as follows:
 
VENDOR
Standard Insurance Company
Portland, OR
 
Ochs, Inc., A Securian Company
St. Paul, MN
 
The Hartford
Overland Park, KS
and,
 
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a three-year term and supply contract for the furnishing of employee group life, additional life, and dependent life insurance coverage for use countywide to Standard Insurance Company, under the terms and conditions of RFP No. 72-17, for the reason that it has submitted the lowest and best bid, as set forth in the attached recapitulation and analysis; and,
 
WHEREAS, this award is made on an as needed basis and does not obligate the County to pay any specific amount; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Director be, and is hereby authorized, to execute for the County any and all documents necessary to the accomplishment of the award; and,
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to make all payments including final payment on the contract.
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature. 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
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Senior Deputy County Counselor                                                               County Counselor 
 
Certificate of Passage 
 
                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19649 of November 13, 2017, was duly passed on November 20, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows: 
 
 
                     Yeas _______9__________          Nays _______0______ 
 
 
                     Abstaining _____0________                            Absent ______0_______ 
 
 
 
______________________                                                                 ______________________________ 
Date                                                                                                                             Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature 
 
 
Fiscal Note
This award is made on a need basis and does not obligate Jackson County to pay any specific amount. The availability of funds for specific purchases is subject to annual appropriations. 
 
 
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Date                                                                                                                                                   Chief Financial Officer