Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Budget and Management (DBM or the "Department") is issuing this Multi-Step Invitation for Bids (MS-IFB) Bids for Pharmacy Benefits Plan Management Services and Pharmacy Purchasing Pool Management to procure services for the State of Maryland in connection with the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program and the Maryland Rx Program. The Department administers the Pharmacy Benefits Plan (the Plan) that covers Active Employees, State Retirees, Satellite Account Employees and Retirees, Direct Pay Enrollees, and their respective eligible Dependents. The plan is self-funded by the State and is an employee-sponsored health plan administered as part of the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program. The State is requesting services to be provided in the following functional areas: Functional Area (FA) 1 – Active Employees, non-Medicare Retirees, and State of Maryland Rx Purchasing Pool Functional Area 2 – Medicare Eligible Retirees Employer Group Waiver Program (EGWP)
