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Meeting Date:
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11/23/2021 - 6:00 PM
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Category:
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Purchasing
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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11.28 Amendment Number Two for Third Party Administrators Purchasing Reference 9288
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Strategic Plans:
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Priority 1.4 1.4 Attract and recruit highly effective and qualified staff who are excellent matches for the district, develop a pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill areas, and provide support to all employees that enables and empowers them to fulfill their role in our mission.
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education is required to secure, budget, and appropriate funds sufficient to cover the cost of medical, vision, dental, and prescription insurances for eligible District employees and their eligible dependents as well as make contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and
WHEREAS, during the December 22, 2020 Board Meeting contracts for medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision were awarded for a period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education currently utilizes and desires to continue to utilize the third party benefit administrators below to perform administrative services for our health insurance plans including billing, plan design, claims processing, record keeping, and regulatory compliance activities; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-5a (10), the District can award a term contract for the purchase of insurance coverage and consulting services without advertising; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education approved the award of contracts at the January 28, 2021 Board meeting for a one (1) year period of January 28, 2021 through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education approved the first amendment at the June 22, 2021 Board meeting for inclusion of the payment made to the Public Employees Retirement System and increasing the contract awards for Benefits Express, PayFlex, and Wageworks; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education desires a second amendment to increase the contract award for PayFlex and Benefit Express; and
WHEREAS, the recommendation for amendment of term contracts has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Yolanda Mendez, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resource Services.
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Funding :
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Subject to the availability of funds.
10-11-000-291-272-404-000-000
10-11-000-291-275-404-000-000
10-11-000-251-330-404-000-000
10-11-000-291-276-404-000-000
10-11-000-291-290-404-000-000
10-11-000-291-248-404-000-000
10-11-000-291-290-404-000-000
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Recommendation to the Board:
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newark Board of Education hereby accepts and approves the second amendment of term contracts increasing the contract award for PayFlex and Benefit Express for third party administrators from January 28, 2021 through December 31, 2021 as follows:
A. Group Dental Health Administrators, at a cost not to exceed $68,000.00
B. Brokerage Concepts Inc, King of Prussia, PA, at a cost not to exceed from $59,000.00
C. Benefits Express Schaumburg, IL, at a cost not to exceed from $49,500.00 to $52,000.00
D. Wageworks, San Mateo, CA (Transit Checks), at a cost not to exceed from $3,600.00 to $5,000.00
E PayFlex, Omaha, NE (Cobra Administration), at a cost not to exceed from $30,000.00 to $70,000.00
F. Public Employees Retirement System, NJ at a cost not to exceed $15,760,454.38
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Sherelle Spriggs - Senior Purchasing Manager
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Signed By:
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John Teabout - Principal Fiscal Analyst
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Signed By:
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Dr. Yolanda Mendez - Assistant Superintendent
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Signed By:
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Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
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Signed By:
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Roger León - Superintendent
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | Member Josephine Garcia Moved, Member Hasani Council seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newark Board of Education hereby accepts and approves the second amendment of term contracts increasing the contract award for PayFlex and Benefit Express for third party administrators from January 28, 2021 through December 31, 2021 as follows:
A. Group Dental Health Administrators, at a cost not to exceed $68,000.00
B. Brokerage Concepts Inc, King of Prussia, PA, at a cost not to exceed from $59,000.00
C. Benefits Express Schaumburg, IL, at a cost not to exceed from $49,500.00 to $52,000.00
D. Wageworks, San Mateo, CA (Transit Checks), at a cost not to exceed from $3,600.00 to $5,000.00
E PayFlex, Omaha, NE (Cobra Administration), at a cost not to exceed from $30,000.00 to $70,000.00
F. Public Employees Retirement System, NJ at a cost not to exceed $15,760,454.38'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 7 - 0 | | | | | Josephine Garcia | Yes | | Flohisha Johnson | Yes | | Dawn Haynes | Yes | | Asia J. Norton | Yes | | A'Dorian Murray-Thomas | Yes | | Hasani Council | Yes | | Vereliz Santana | Yes | |
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