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PROPOSED CONTRACT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Department of Risk Management
Vendor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, a Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company
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: 12/1/2019 - 11/30/2020
Total Current Contract Amount Authority: $1,170,195,500.00
Original Approval (Board or Procurement): Board, 10/28/2015, $884,195,500.00
Previous Board Increase(s) or Extension(s): 9/12/2018, 12/1/2018-11/30/2019, $286,000,000.00
Previous Chief Procurement Officer Increase(s) or Extension(s): N/A
This Increase Requested: $298,870,000.00
Potential Fiscal Impact: FY 2020 $298,870,000.00
Accounts: 11250.1021.501620
Contract Number(s): 1518-14008
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance via direct participation and partial MBE/WBE waiver.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: This increase and second 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 47,000 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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