RFQ Brokerage of Services for Provision of Employee Benefits Package for Medical/Prescription/Dental/Vision Coverage

Description

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) FOR THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BROKERAGE SERVICES FOR MEDICAL/PRESCRIPTION/DENTAL/VISION COVERAGE ISSUE DATE: May 21, 2013 DUE DATE: September 14, 2016 Issued by – Gloucester Township 1 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 Introduction and Purpose GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP is soliciting professional credentials from interested persons and/or firms for the provision of consulting services, as more particularly described herein. Through the Request for Qualifications process described herein, persons and/or firms interested in assisting GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP with the provision of such services must prepare and submit a completed response to this document in accordance with the procedure and schedule in this RFQ. GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP will review responses only from those firms that submit a completed set of responses which includes all the information required to be included as described herein (in the sole judgment of GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP) GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP intends to accept proposals from person(s) and/or firm(s) that: a. Possesses the professional, financial and administrative capabilities to provide the proposed services, and b. Will agree to work under the compensation terms and conditions to be determined at a later date by GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP based on a negotiation after such time as the selected firm has been chosen 1.2 Procurement Process and Schedule The selection of the chosen firm is subject to the “New Jersey Local Unit Pay-toPlay” Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.4 et seq. GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP has structured a procurement process that seeks to obtain the desired results described above, while establishing a competitive process to assure that each person and/or firm is provided an equal opportunity to submit a Proposal Statement in response to the request and will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria set forth in Section 2 of this RFQ. Submissions from participating firms will be reviewed and evaluated by GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP and its legal advisors. The submissions will be reviewed to determine if the respondents have met the minimum professional, and administrative areas described in this RFQ. Based upon the totality of the information contained in the submissions, including information about the reputation and experience of each respondent, GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP will (in its sole judgment) determine which respondents are qualified (from professional, administrative and financial standpoints).