Basic Information

Reference Number

00004643332

Issuing Organization

Ontario Shared Services

Solicitation Type

RFB - Request for Bid (Formal)

Solicitation Number

182526003

Title

Project: tender_20978 - Employee Benefits

Source ID

SCRIBE

Details

Location

Ontario

Purchase Type

Not Stated

Dates

Publication

2025/07/22 06:45:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2025/07/31 11:00:00 AM EDT

Contact Information

Julie Capotorto

julie.capotorto@oahpp.ca

Stefani Margulies

Stefani.Margulies@oahpp.ca

Description

Advanced Notice of RFP for Employee Group Benefits & Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

This is advanced notice of Public Health Ontario’s intention to publicly post a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an Employee Group Benefits Provider. The RFP is restricted to qualified Canadian proponents only. Non-Canadian proponents are not permitted to participate in this RFP.

To be eligible to participate in the upcoming RFP, all interested Canadian proponents must complete all highlighted fields in the attached Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and submit via the online bidding system. Only those proponents that submit a completed NDA document by the Closing Date and Time specified shall be invited to participate in the bid through the bidding system. Proponents that do not submit the completed NDA document shall not be eligible or invited to participate in the upcoming RFP.
Scope of Work
Public Health Ontario (PHO) requires an Employee Group Benefits Provider for Health (including Health Care Spending Account) and Dental Administrative Services Only (ASO), Short Term Disability (STD) Adjudication Services and Insured Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) & Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits for approximately nine hundred (900) employees across four (4) different Employee Group Benefit plans as follows:

a) Ontario Public Services Employees Union (OPSEU);
b) Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
(AMAPCEO);
c) Non-Union & Management; and
d) Executive

The successful supplier shall provide PHO with employee benefits coverage (inclusive of carrier transition management services) consisting of Health (including Health Care Spending Account) and Dental Administrative Services Only where PHO is responsible for paying the actual claims cost plus applicable ASO fees and Insured Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Short Term Disability (STD) Adjudication Services and Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits for all insured employees and/or their dependents. The Health and Dental (ASO) plan design and provisions must match PHO’s current plans, which are aligned with employment agreements and collective agreement obligations for all employee divisions/groups.

Please note that services are only provided to current eligible insured employees. Coverage for retirees are excluded.

Disclaimer All amendments to the associated notice, including amended documents, plans and specifications (where applicable), are issued by the originator of the notice. MERX asks you to contact the buying agency directly for these amendments. MERX stipulates that potential bidders may also be required to register with the buying authority as a bidder/plan taker. The contact information can be found within the main tender document and/or on this notice abstract.

Toutes les modifications associées à cet avis d’appel d’offres ainsi que les documents, les plans et les spécifications sont générés par l’entité responsable des achats (l’acheteur). S’il vous plait, contactez-le directement pour les addenda. Veuillez notez qu’il se peut que les fournisseurs soient obligés de s’inscrire directement avec l’acheteur. Vous pouvez trouver leur coordonnées dans le document principal ou dans l’abstrait de l’avis d’appel d’offre.

Source: https://ontariotenders.app.jaggaer.com/