File #: 19611    Version: 0 Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield dental renewal for the furnishing of employees dental insurance
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/12/2017 In control: Health and Environment Committee
On agenda: 10/16/2017 Final action: 10/23/2017
Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute a renewal of the term and supply contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO, for the furnishing of employee group dental insurance as an employee benefit for use countywide, under the terms and conditions of Request For Proposals No. 49-16.
Sponsors: Crystal Williams
Indexes: BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD, FINANCE & PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, TERM & SUPPLY CONTRACT
Attachments: 1. 19611bu.pdf, 2. 19611adopt.pdf, 3. 19611-AGEEMENT-BLECRSBLSHD.pdf
Related files: 19250

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION authorizing the Director of Finance and Purchasing to execute a renewal of the term and supply contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO, for the furnishing of employee group dental insurance as an employee benefit for use countywide, under the terms and conditions of Request For Proposals No. 49-16.

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 19611, October 16, 2017

 

INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, by Resolution 19250, dated September 6, 2016, the Legislature did award a twelve-month term and supply contract with two twelve-month options to renew for the furnishing of employee group dental insurance as an employee benefit for use countywide to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO, under the terms and conditions of Request For Proposals No. 49-16, as the lowest and best bid; and,

 

WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends that the County exercise its option to renew the agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield for the first twelve-month term; and,

 

WHEREAS, this award is made on an as needed basis and does not obligate Jackson County to pay any specific amount, with the availability of funds subject to annual appropriation; and, 

 

WHEREAS, the recommended plan total premium monthly rates are as follows:

 

 

 

 

                                                                INDIVIDUAL                                          INDIVIDUAL + 1                        FAMILY

 

Base Plan                                            $16.04                                          $29.70                                             $53.48

 

Buy Up Plan                                            $25.36                                          $50.00                                             $83.46

 

Dental Source                       $8.76                                          $14.26                                             $22.00

DHMO                     

 

now therefore,

 

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Director of Finance and Purchasing be and hereby is authorized to execute a renewal of the term and supply contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City for the furnishing of employee group dental insurance and any and all documents necessary to the accomplishment of the renewal term; 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, to the extent sufficient appropriations to the using spending agencies are available in the then current Jackson County budget.

 

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 No. 19611 of October 16, 2017, was duly passed on October 23, 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 an as needed 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