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Consider recommendation from EAA staff to approve the purchase of employee medical insurance from Cigna Healthcare through Risk Services-Leavitt Insurance Agencies, in the approximate amount of $1,609,729, for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.
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STAFF RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move the board adopt Resolution and Order No. 08-26-153 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Board of Directors approving the purchase of employee medical insurance from Cigna Healthcare, through Risk Services-Leavitt Insurance Agencies, in the approximate amount of $1,609,729, and approve the purchase of Basic Life and AD&D from OCHS Inc. through Securian Financial in the approximate amount of $58,476, for October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary documents.
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this agenda item is for the board to consider an EAA staff recommendation to purchase employee medical insurance from Cigna Healthcare and Basic Life and AD&D from OCHS for the 2026 plan year that commences on October 1, 2026.
On May 25, the EAA issued Request for Proposal (RFP) for group medical, life, dental and long-term disability insurance coverage through direct notification and publication of the RFP with the Texas Purchasing Group-BidNet Direct and State of Texas Business Daily, the RFP reached two hundred and fifty-one vendors with notification of the RFP, fifty-three (53) were M/WBEs.
On Thursday, July 2, 2026, the EAA received eight (8) proposals from Baldwin Group, Benefit Source, Frost, Marsh, Insurepointe, Leavitt Group, MetLife and OCHS, of which one is an M/WBE.
The EAA received six responses for group medical insurance to this RFP of which one was through Risk Services-Leavitt Insurance Agencies for Cigna Healthcare. Subsequent to the deadline for RFP responses, the EAA received a renewal quote from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, the EAA’s current medical insurance provider, for plan year 2026 rates th...
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