What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe government authority located in Franklin, TN seeks a vendor to provide voluntary and group term life insurance services with accidental death and dismemberment, as well as short-term and long-term disability benefits for its employees. For voluntary group term life and voluntary short-term disability insurance, respondents must agree to grandfather current employees at existing benefit levels and rates unless proposed benefits improve upon current terms. The authority requires online access to plan information for management purposes, including monitoring claims, running reports, and checking eligibility. The selected respondent must also deliver exceptional customer service by providing a toll-free telephone number available to city employees for at least eight hours per day. Only onshore USA organizations are eligible to bid, and the vendor will perform the work offsite. Respondents may submit proposals digitally via email or online, with a pre-bid meeting scheduled for November 19, 2026, and all questions due by November 25, 2026, for a three-year contract term.
Scope of work
- Voluntary and group term life insurance with accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability benefits for employees
- Grandfather current employees at current benefit levels and rates for voluntary group term life and short-term disability
- Online access to plan information for management to monitor claims, run reports, and check eligibility
- Customer service with a toll-free number available at least eight hours per day to city employees
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
- References for similar services provided within the last twelve months from three different clients
Documents to include with your response
- Proposal Submittal Form, executed in full
- Proposal responsive to the Request for Proposals
- Description of proposed services and any goods, products, items, software, or hardware
- Identification and description of any exceptions
- Contact information for three client references
- Affidavit of Non-Collusion, executed in full
- Affidavit of Title VI Compliance, executed in full
- Affidavit of Drug-Free Workplace, executed in full
- Notice of Confidentiality & Proprietary Rights, executed
- Indemnification Agreement, executed in full
How to submit
- Method
- Online sourcing application (preferred) or sealed hard copy
- Instructions
- Submit via the City's online sourcing application (strongly preferred) or one original signed, loose-leaf paper copy mailed to 109 3rd Ave. South, Franklin, TN 37064, or courier/hand-delivered to 740 Columbia Ave., Franklin, TN 37064. Email and fax submissions are rejected.
