Athletics Insurance Broker Services for Secondary, Catastrophic, and Student-Athlete Medical Coverage

Oakland University seeks an onshore United States organization to provide offsite athletics insurance broker services. The selected vendor will assist with soliciting and finalizing secondary athletic accident coverage, catastrophic injury coverage, and student-athlete medical expense protection, while also performing gap analysis, carrier evaluation, pricing negotiation, renewal negotiation, underwriting coordination, claim trend analysis, and loss prevention. Prospective bidders must submit questions by November 20, 2026, and submit one electronic sealed proposal online via MITN, BidNet Direct, with the cover page listing a December 18, 2026 due date and section 5.01 listing November 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern. Proposals are limited to 35 pages in 8.5-by-11-inch format with at least 11-point font and must include a brokerage fee schedule and an insurance certificate or agreement to meet insurance requirements. Oakland University will evaluate proposals on a 100-point scale that includes relevant experience (25 points), athletic insurance expertise (15 points), and cost or compensation (10 points), and may request product demonstrations. The university reserves the right to award based on best value rather than lowest price, negotiate with proposers, or reject all proposals.