RFPs for the awarding of contracts to provide health insurance
benefits to County employees, as well as contracts to review RFPs
and contracts to attorneys and consultants related to such health
insurance benefits, under the Employee Medical Health Plan of Suffolk
County (EMHP), or to amend the provisions for such services, shall
be awarded after the advertisement of RFPs and a review and evaluation
by the Suffolk County Labor/Management Committee the ("Committee")
created for the administration of the EMHP. If fewer than three responses
to the RFP are received by the Committee, then the RFP shall be readvertised
and responses shall be solicited again.
The Committee shall award the contract, after said review and
evaluation, to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, except
in those instances in which written documentation is provided explaining
why the lowest bidder proposal was rejected and the justification
for the award.
The contract award shall be subject to approval by the County
Executive.
The provisions contained in this article shall be strictly adhered
to, anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding.
