The City of Fort Lauderdale is seeking qualified firms to provide benefit consulting and actuarial services. Proposals are due August 19, 2026. Services include strategic planning for employee benefits, trend analysis, legislative compliance, RFP support, communication strategy development, and wellness program management. Actuarial services involve projections, annual certifications, rate calculations, and financial analysis. Firms must have relevant experience and certified personnel. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the City's online strategic sourcing platform. No pre-bid conference or site visit will be held.
Proposals must be submitted electronically through the City's online strategic sourcing platform no later than August 19, 2026.
Payment will be made within forty-five (45) days after receipt of an invoice acceptable to the City, in accordance with the Florida Local Government Prompt Payment Act. Payments will be made utilizing the City's P-Card (Mastercard or Visa).
Proposals will be evaluated based on firm experience and references (30%), qualifications of proposed account team (20%), consulting/brokerage capabilities and technical/actuarial methodology (30%), and total project cost (20%).
For Group 1 (Benefit Consulting), a certified benefit consultant with at least 8 years of experience providing self-funded health and pharmacy consulting services to governmental entities of similar size and complexity is required. For Group 2 (Actuarial Services), a certified actuary with at least 10 years of experience in self-funded health and pharmacy actuarial services to governmental entities of similar size and complexity is required, and must be a current member of the American Academy of Actuaries and an associate or fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
There will not be a pre-bid proposal conference or site visit for this request for proposal.
Any proposer who is not recommended for award of a contract and who alleges a failure by the City to follow the City's procurement ordinance or any applicable law, may follow the protest procedure within five (5) days after a notice of intent to award is posted.
The City reserves the right to disqualify a proposer during any phase of the competitive solicitation process and terminate for cause any resulting contract upon evidence of collusion with intent to defraud or other illegal practices.