The City of Weslaco is soliciting proposals for ancillary products for employee benefits, including accident, cancer, critical illness, vision, dental, disability, life insurance, and hospital indemnity. Proposals are due by July 7, 2026, at 10:00 AM and must be submitted electronically via Bidnet. A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held on June 18, 2026. The city reserves the right to accept the proposal that represents the best value. Proposals will be evaluated based on purchase price, vendor reputation, quality of goods/services, meeting city needs, past relationship, impact on historically underutilized businesses, total long-term cost, and other relevant factors.
Proposals must be received by 10:00 a. m. on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
Payment for items acquired under this proposal will be paid net, 30 days after satisfactory receipt of goods ordered, or receipt of invoice, whichever occurs last.
The city shall consider purchase prices, reputation of the vendor and their goods/services, quality of goods/services, extent to which goods/services meet city needs, vendor's past relationship with the city, impact on compliance with laws relating to historically underutilized businesses, total long-term cost, and any other relevant factor.
Proposers must provide information requested in the RFP, and failure to do so or falsification may result in disqualification. The insurance company must have an A. M. Best rating of A or better.
A non-mandatory but recommended pre-proposal conference will be held on June 18, 2026, at 10:00 am via Zoom.
Failure to provide requested information or falsification of any information provided shall result in disqualification. Failure to manually sign the proposal will disqualify it.