Broker and Strategic Advisor Services

The Kansas City, Missouri government authority is seeking a vendor to provide broker and strategic advisor services for its employee and retiree healthcare programs. The agency needs to develop and execute a self-funding transition strategy, which requires feasibility analyses, stop-loss strategy designs, and reserve development policies. The selected partner will also provide multi-year financial projections, plan design optimization, benchmarking against peer municipalities, and risk mitigation strategies. The scope of work covers commercial healthcare brokerage, Medicare strategy, and workers' compensation services. For commercial healthcare, the agency requires market analysis, carrier procurement, network evaluation, pharmacy benefit management strategy, and renewal negotiations. The Medicare component involves Medicare Advantage strategy and retiree transition support, while the workers' compensation portion requires carrier procurement, claims trend analysis, and integration with the health plan. The agency also requires data analytics and reporting services, including medical, pharmacy, and workers' compensation claims analysis. Eligible bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States. The selected vendor must perform all work offsite at their own office premises. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget for this initiative. Bidders must submit all questions regarding this opportunity no later than July 14, 2026.