Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Serve the City as an advisor regarding the preparation of the City's RFQ for health plan design, business rules, and content including COBRA, HIPAA section 125 program, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, life insurance benefits and their components, and employee assistance program. B. Serve the City as an advisor regarding voluntary insurance products and their components to provide the optimum voluntary benefit package. C. Review, on an ongoing basis, the existing employee benefit programs for competitiveness, appropriateness and overall acceptance by plan participants. D. Serve and assist the City in negotiating benefits provider contract(s) resulting from the review and recommendations noted above including the use of available provider networks. Provide the City underwriting data and evaluation services to support contract modifications such as benefit differentials and funding options. E. Negotiate, when appropriate, long term rate(s)/service guarantees designed to meet the service delivery and financial plan of the City. F. Assist the City in preparing and presenting periodic reports to the City Council, City Manager or Human Resources Director on the progress, applicability and overall benefit of a specific plan.