Corporation for National Service, Office of Procurement, 1201 New York Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20525

Q -- ADMINISTRATION OF HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM SOL RFP 98-PLH-3000 POC Patricia L. Holliday, Contracting Officer, 202-565-2777 (fax) E-MAIL: Office of Procurement Services, phollida@cns.gov. The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is soliciting proposals on a full and open competitive basis from qualified organizations to award a five(base period with four option periods)year contract for the administration of their self-insured health benefits program. The program will cover approximately 6,000 AmeriCorps*VISTA members, 1,100 National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), 50 AmeriCorps Leaders, and 15 National Service Fellows. The successful offeror shall provide: (1) quality administrative services at a competitive price; (2) access to network providers in all member locations; (3) subscriber utilization review service (to be accessed via an 800 telephone number); and (4) assistance in managing the cost of this program day-to-day and on a long term basis. CNCS's objective is to manage the cost of health benefits while generally maintaining a comprehensive level of benefits, therefore the organization should be able to provide a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) or other network arrangement cost management strategy. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Patricia L. Holliday either by mail, e-mail or fax. Please limit your request to one mode of transmittal to avoid duplication. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0030)

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