Nationwide Tribal Member Health Benefits Program Feasibility Study and Strategic Design

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe seeks proposals from qualified healthcare consulting firms, tribal health experts, actuaries, employee benefit specialists, healthcare policy organizations, and third-party administrators. The selected vendor will perform a feasibility study, assess healthcare benefit structures and funding mechanisms, and deliver a strategic plan and implementation framework for a nationwide member health benefits program. Eligible applicants must be USA organizations with at least five years of healthcare consulting experience, relevant tribal government experience, and expertise designing health plans for geographically dispersed populations. Interested vendors must submit questions by November 16, 2026, and deliver electronic proposals to Amanda Moyer at [email protected] within 30 days of the November 2, 2026 issue date by 5:00 PM. Evaluations consider tribal healthcare experience at 25 percent, healthcare benefit design experience at 20 percent, and cost proposals at 5 percent.