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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM:
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of Administrator
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DATE:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES
ENCLOSURES:
August 25, 2004
A resolution authorizing
the City Manager to
Negotiate with the #1
Ranked firms for RFP
#03-04-066 — Employee
Benefit Health Plans
FILE :
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission authorize the City Manager to negotiate with the top
ranked firms for RFP #03-04-066 for Employee Benefit Health Plans.
The City issued an RFP on April 5, 2004 for Employee Benefit Health Plan broken down into 4 sections: Part
A — Third Party Administrative Services; Part B — Stop Loss; Part C — Prescription Drug Services; and Part D
- Employee Assistance Program Services. Responses for this RFP were due to the City Clerk by May 17, 2004.
A concensus was reached by the following committee members: Ms. Ramona Fiumara, Asst. Director of Risk
Management ;Ms. Ana Gonzalez -Fajardo, Deputy Director of Labor Relations; Mr. Stuart Myers, Advisor to
the City Manager; Ms. Denise Morales, Group Insurance Supervisor; Mr. Edward Pidermann, President of
IAFF Local 587; Mr. Charlie Cox, President of AFSCME Local 1907; & Mr. Joseph Simmons, President of
AFSCME Local 871
The following are the ranked firms:
For the provision of Part A Services
I. Cigna
2. Blue Cross/ Blue Shield
3. Avmed
For the provision of Part C Services
1. Cigna
2. Blue Cross/Blue Shield
3. Express Scripts
Permission is requested to negotiate with the number 1 firms in each part. Should contract negotiations fail
with the top ranked firm, the Committee recommends the City negotiate with the second ranked firm. If
negotiations fail with the second ranked firm, then permission to negotiate with the third ranked firms. On
Part II services only, if contract negotiations fail with the third ranked firm, then permission to negotiate with
the fourth ranked firm. The contracts will be negotiated until they are found to be acceptable by the City.
Once the contracts are negotiated, they will be brought back before commission for final approval.
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For the provision of Part B Services
1. United Benefits
2. Blue Cross / Blue Shield
3. American Stop Loss
4. Cigna
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For the provision of Part D Services
1. Cigna
2. CBCA
3. Blue Cross/ Blue Shield