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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Risk Management
Vendor: Health Care Service Corporation DBA Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to renew and increase contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits
Original Contract Period: 12/1/2015 - 11/30/2018, with (2) two (1) one year renewal options
Proposed Contract Period Extension: 11/30/2018 - 11/30/2019
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $884,195,500.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): 10/28/2015, $884,195,500.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $286,000,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2019 $286,000,000.00
Accounts: Countywide-176 Health Insurance
Contract Number(s): 1518-14008
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and a partial MWBE waiver with indirect participation.
The Interim Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and first of two (2) one (1) year renewal options will allow the Department of Risk Management to continue the administration of the County’s Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Benefits. An HMO and PPO health plan for over 55,000 employees and their dependents is administered through Health Care Service Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL). The Director of Risk Management is authorized to execute annual Benefit Program Applications to support the selected HMO and PPO plans and rates.
This contract was awarded through the Request for Proposals process in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code, Health Care Service Corporation was selected based on the established evaluation criteria.
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