Third Party Administration of Dental Benefits for ETF

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR THE STATE OF WISCONSIN
Department of Employee Trust Funds

Third Party Administration of Dental Benefits for the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) On behalf of the Group Insurance Board
ETE0020

To: Whom It May Concern:
This Request for Proposal (RFP) is issued by the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF). The purpose of this RFP is to provide interested and qualified third party dental administrators with information to enable them to prepare and submit competitive Proposals for dental benefit administration to ETF. ETF intends to use the results of this process to award a Contract. The Contract term for providing the third party administration of dental benefits will commence on the Contract start date and shall extend through December 31, 2017. The Board retains the option, by mutual agreement of the Board and the successful Proposer, to renew the Contract for two (2) additional two (2)-year periods extending the Contract through December 31, 2021, subject to the satisfactory negotiation of terms, including pricing. ETF is a Wisconsin State agency that administers retirement, health, life, income continuation, long-term disability, and long term care insurance programs for 570,000 state and local government employees and annuitants. This RFP details the procedures the proposer must follow to submit a Proposal for the administrative services for dental benefits offered in conjunction with the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program offered by the State of Wisconsin Group Insurance Board, and the minimum requirements that the proposer must meet to be eligible for consideration. This procurement is authorized under Chapter 40 of the Wisconsin State Statutes. All decisions and actions under this RFP are solely under the authority of the State of Wisconsin Group Insurance Board. Procurement statutes and rules that govern other State agencies may not be applicable. Any news releases or release of broadcast e-mails pertaining to this RFP, resulting Contract, or to the acceptance, rejection, or evaluation, or review of proposals shall not be made without the prior written approval of the State of Wisconsin or ETF. The deadline for receipt of proposals for this RFP is March 26, 2015, 2:00 p.m. CST. Late submissions will not be considered. Questions may be submitted as indicated in the RFP via email to ETFProcurement@etf.wi.gov.

RFP#	RFP Title
ETE0020	Third Party Administration of Dental Benefits

Revision History

07/26/2019	Contract Amendment #4
03/14/2018	Contract Amendment #3
10/06/2017	Contract Amendment #2
02/06/2017	Contract Amendment #1
07/02/2015	Contract
05/19/2015	Bid Abstract
05/19/2015	Notice of Intent to Award
03/25/2015	Addendum #2 Posted.
03/18/2015	Bid Due Date Changed to March 30, 2015, 2:00 p.m. per Addendum #1
03/18/2015	Addendum #1 Posted which also includes PDF & Excel versions of an updated APPENDIX E.
02/19/2015	Request for Proposal