Summary of Specifications:
SOLICITATION OF INSURER & INSURANCE AGENT INTEREST –This is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for interested persons/firms to submit their credentials and qualifications to the County for consideration to be agent of record for the County’s medical insurance renewal. Wherever herein the term(s) “agent(s)” is/are used it shall also mean brokers.
It is the County’s intent to select one insurance agent to be considered to service its group medical insurance program. Agents desiring to respond should have experience with public entities and/or customers the size of the Okaloosa County.
BACKGROUND – Okaloosa County is located in northwest Florida, in the Panhandle area. The County has about 1,200 employees, retirees and COBRA persons.
The County’s medical benefits insurance program has an October 1 anniversary/renewal and is currently provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield, which began providing benefits in 2000. All but 10 employees, retirees and COBRA are in a Blue Options PPO 1749 Plan and 10 are in a Blue Options PPO 1359 Plan, which is a HDHP/HRA Plan.
The current agent is Dennis Barnes with Barnes Insurance & Money Concepts in Pensacola, Florida.
SUBMISSION DUE DATE – All interested firms, including the incumbent agent, must complete and submit responses to this RFQ (including completed accompanying submission forms) in one (1) original and six (6) copies no later than 4:00 p.m. (local time) July 29, 2011.
Submissions shall be valid until October 1, 2011.
