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Resolution: R-12-0064
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3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 12-00110 Final Action Date: 2/23/2012
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BYA
FOUR -FIFTHS (4/STHS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND
CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING OF AN EMERGENCY
REGARDING THE PROVISION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S GROUP BENEFITS
DENTAL HMO PLAN; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE
SEALED BIDDING PROCEDURES, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-85 AND 18-90
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; EXTENDING
THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH SOLSTICE BENEFITS, INC. FORA PERIOD
NOT TO EXCEED FOUR (4) MONTHS OR UNTIL THE PENDING PROTEST IS
RESOLVED, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$12.18 PER EMPLOYEE AND $30.52 PER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILY FOR
THE DENTAL HMO PLAN.
WHEREAS, an agreement was entered into pursuant to the approval of the City Commission by
following their award of Request for Proposals ("RFP") No. 03-04-077 which resulted in a finding that
Paragon Dental Services , Inc. was the top -ranked firm to provide Employee Benefit Dental HMO
Insurance Plan, and authorized the City Manager to negotiate the Agreement with Paragon, dated
December 2, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission approved an Amendment to the Services Agreement on
January 1, 2007 ("First Amendment") by which the City of Miami ("City") acknowledged and approved
that Starmark Benefits, Inc.("Provider"), a Florida corporation entered into an Asset Purchase
Agreement with Paragon Dental Services, Inc; and
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2007, the City Commission approved the foregoing Amendment to
recognize Starmark Benefits, Inc. as the Provider for the Dental Services to the City under the
Paragon contract; and
WHEREAS, effective December 11, 2007, the State of Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation
issued a consent order authorizing Starmark Benefits, Inc. to changed its name to Solstice Benefits
Inc. with no change in corporate structure being realized; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2011, RFP No. 273288 for the procurement of an Employee Benefit Dental
Insurance Plans was issued by the Purchasing Department at the request of the Risk Management
Department; and
WHEREAS, on November 11, 2011, an evaluation committee approved the City Manager
selected Humana Inc. as the highest ranked provider of Dental HMO and Dental PPO insurance
plans; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2011, the City Manager acknowledged and approved the
evaluation committee's recommendation that Humana Inc. be selected as the successful provider for
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the City's Dental HMO and Dental PPO insurance plans; and
WHEREAS, on November 23, 2011, a formal protest was timely and properly filed by Solstice
Benefits, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, under the applicable provisions of the Procurement Code a protest operates as a
stay of further solicitation or award of the procurement in question until such protest is resolved
unless the City Manager makes a written determination that the solicitation process or the contract
award must be continued without delay in order to avoid an immediate and serious danger to the
public health, safety and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, faced with the catastrophic loss of any Dental Coverage for City employees as these
protest procedures were underway, the City Manager on December 23, 2011 made such an
Emergency Finding providing for a Group Benefits Extension of the existing Agreement with Solstice
Benefits, Inc. for the Dental HMO Insurance Plan for a period of four (4) months or until the pending
protest is resolved, whichever occurs first;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted
by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. By a four -fifths (4/5ths) affirmative vote, the City Manger's finding of an emergency
regarding the provision of the City's Group Benefits Dental HMO Plan, waiving the requirements for
competitive sealed bidding procedures, pursuant to Sections 18-85 and 18-90 of the Code of the City
of Miami, Florida, as amended, is ratified, approved, and confirmed for extending the existing
Agreement with Solstice Benefits, Inc. for a term not to exceed four (4) months or until the pending
protest is resolved, whichever occurs first, and for an amount not to exceed $12.18 per employee and
$30.52 per employee and family for the Dental HMO Plan.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall
become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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