IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
Title
A RESOLUTION awarding a twelve-month term and supply contract with three twelve-month options to extend for group life, additional life, and dependent life insurance for use countywide to the USAble Life of Little Rock, AR, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 68-11.
Intro
RESOLUTION #17717, October 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislator
WHEREAS, the County has a need for 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. 68-11; and,
WHEREAS, a total of twenty-four notifications were distributed and eleven responses thereon were received, with the three lowest bids as follows:
VENDOR
USAble Life, Little Rock, AR
ING, Minneapolis, MN
Prudential, St. Louis, MO
WHEREAS, USAble Life is a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliated company, the County's health insurance provider; and,
WHEREAS, as part of USAble Life's proposal, Blue Cross Blue Shield offered a one percent reduction on the County's health insurance premiums for 2012, a savings to the County of approximately $120,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing has determined that the health insurance savings proposed by USAble Life's bid, combined with its cost for life insurance, makes its bid lowest and best; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends the award of a twelve-month term and supply contract with three twelve-month options to extend for the furnishing of group life insurance and AD&D coverage for use countywide to USAble Life of Little Rock, AR, under the terms and conditions of RFP No. 68-11, for the reason that it has submitted the lowest and best bid; 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:
__________________________ ______________________________
Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17717 of October 31, 2011, was duly passed on October 31, 2011 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_________ Nays ______0_______
Abstaining _______0______ Absent _______1______
______________________ ______________________________
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.
______________________________ _______________________________
Date Director of Finance and Purchasing