RFP 2025HCA5 Notice of Competitive Solicitation

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NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION HCA Solicitation #2025HCA5 SOLICITATION TITLE: Fully-Insured Medical Plans SOLICITATION POSTING DATE: 10/12/2026 RESPONSE DUE DATE: 1/14/2027 Find the full solicitation on Washington’s Electronic Business Solution (WEBS). Vendors not registered in WEBS will not receive updates or amendments to the solicitation, which may put them at a disadvantage. Estimated Schedule of Procurement Activities Issue Request for Proposals October 12, 2026 Pre-Proposal Conference October 20, 2026 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time Letter of Intent to Propose Due October 23, 2026, at 4:00pm Pacific Time Finance Rate Instruction Conference October 29, 2026 Bidder Round 1 Questions Due November 6, 2026 HCA Answers Posted* November 13, 2026 Bidder Round 2 Questions Due December 4, 2026 HCA Answers Posted* December 11, 2026 Interested Subcontractor Responses Due December 15, 2026 Interested Subcontractor List Posted* December 17, 2026 Complaints Due January 7, 2027 Bidder Presentations January 2027 Proposals Due January 14, 2027, at 4:00pm Pacific Time Evaluate Proposals* January 15 – May 27, 2027 Announce “Apparent Successful Bidder(s)” via WEBS* May 28, 2027 Debrief Request Deadline (3 Business Days after the ASB announcement) June 2, 2027, at 4:00pm Pacific Negotiate Contract June 2027 – August 2027 Begin Contract Work October 2027 Purpose and Objectives The Washington State Health Care Authority, hereafter called “HCA,” is initiating this Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit Proposals from Bidders to provide up to three (3) fully-insured Health Plans each that meet the requirements outlined in EXHIBIT B – DRAFT CONTRACT, Attachment 3 Statement of Work, section 1. Plan Design for Fully Insured Health Plans. Identical Health Plan(s) will be offered to non-Medicare Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) and School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program Subscribers and their Dependents but will be separately rated for and provided to the PEBB program and the SEBB program because of the differing risk pools of each program. The total number of Health Plans being procured per Bidder is six (6): three (3) for PEBB and three (3) for SEBB. However, the three (3) Health Plans offered to PEBB must be identical in plan design to the three (3) Health Plans offered to SEBB. All Health Plans for the portfolio must be approved by both the PEB Board and the SEB Board and must be open only to PEBB and SEBB Members.