Strategic Supplemental and Voluntary Benefit Program Service

The University of South Carolina System is seeking a strategic partner to optimize, modernize, and potentially consolidate its existing supplemental and voluntary benefits program. The system needs to improve employee engagement, enhance administrative efficiency, and increase access to high-value voluntary benefits for eligible employees across all campuses. The selected partner must streamline program administration to reduce internal operational burdens and manual processes for university staff while ensuring seamless integration with the system's HRIS and payroll systems. The scope of work requires delivering a consistent, high-quality employee experience that increases awareness, understanding, and participation. The partner must provide employees with clear options for portability, conversion, continuation, and retirement, including detailed eligibility criteria, processes, and associated costs. All performance of the work will occur offsite, and the program must maintain a cost-neutral structure for the university through employee-paid benefits. Only organizations based in the United States are eligible to bid on this opportunity. The university is requesting proposals to determine the budget and will award a contract for a one-year period. Key dates for the solicitation include a pre-bid meeting on July 1, 2026, and a deadline for submitting all questions by July 7, 2026.