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13-030 - RFP: Unemployment Insurance Benefit Management Administration Services for City and Schools

End date: Monday August 13, 2012 at 2 p.m.

The City of Springfield and the Springfield Public Schools (SPS) seek a qualified firm to provide unemployment insurance benefit program management services to the City and SPS, including a program that incorporates identifying means to reduce unemployment insurance costs and provides necessary support to administrators and human resources staff.

Completed proposals must include a narrative describing bidder's ability to meet each specification listed below and include specific examples and/or samples, No submission will be considered if it does not comply with the above format. All bidders must submit one (1) original and (1) copy of their specifications proposal of services which they would provide under this contract in order to fulfill the service requirements shown.

The City of Springfield and SPS are self-insured with an employee population of more than 7,000. The Springfield School Department employs approximately 4,000 of these employees. Approximately 450 claims are filed each year. The following are the total charges for the School & City in FY11 and FY12:

FY11
City: $278,557
School: $1,958,999
Total: $2,237,556

FY12
City: $190,113
School: $1,882,587
Total: $2,072,700

The City of Springfield supports the goal of twenty percent minority and women participation in all contracts. No questions will be answered unless received by the Chief Procurement Officer at least 7 days prior to the expiration of the time set for submitting bids or proposals. The Chief Procurement Officer reserves the right to waive any informality in and to reject any or all bids if it is in the public interest to do so.