Title
General Services Agreement No. AGR20-06 with Unum Life Insurance Company of America for the Purpose of Providing Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Los Alamos County Employees.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve General Services Agreement No. AGR20-06 with Unum Life Insurance Company of America, in the form attached which has been approved by the County Attorney, for the Purpose of providing Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits to Los Alamos County employees; and I further move that Council authorize the County Manager to execute the Agreement on behalf of the County.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve this Contract for General Services as requested.
Body
On June 9, 2019, the County issued Request for Proposal ("RFP") 20-06 for Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Los Alamos County employees. The County received seven (7) responses to the RFP. Using the criteria established in the RFP, the response by Unum Life Insurance Company of America was found to be the most advantageous to the County in providing services and benefits that are similar to what is currently available to employees.
The County has consistently approached the process of RFP's for employee benefits with two major objectives:
* Maintain the current level of benefits while providing enhancements wherever possible and economically feasible, and;
* Provide a duplication of existing services with no increase in cost, if possible, or a reasonable increase if necessary.
These objectives were achieved through a thorough evaluation of all responses received and with the assistance of Gibson & Frank, LLC., the County's benefits consultant. Gibson & Frank assisted with the preparation of the RFP, and with the analysis of all responses. The responses were also thoroughly evaluated by a team of County employees.
After the proposals were evaluated, the following determination was made:
Using the criteria est...
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