2023-16: RFP EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INSURANCE BROKERAGE/CONSULTING SERVICES

NOTICE: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
FOR
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES
The Interurban Transit Partnership (ITP) (DBA The Rapid) invites proposals from qualified firms
for provision of EMPLOYEE BENEFITS INSURANCE BROKERAGE/CONSULTING SERVICES.
Proposals are due March 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. ET. ITP has joined the Michigan Inter-governmental
Trade Network (MITN). This is a group of agencies that joined forces to create a regional bid notification
system to notify companies of new bid opportunities. Register with MITN here.
https://www.bidnetdirect.com/mitn All documents and submittals will be processed through MITN.
You can view listings of current solicitations as well as contract award information. To download bids,
proposals, or formal quote documents and addenda as well as receive email notifications, you must
complete a brief online registration process. There are no fees related to registration on this site.
Proposals shall be subject to all applicable State and Federal laws and subject to financial assistance
contracts between the ITP Board and the United States Department of Transportation under
the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, and the Michigan Department of
Transportation. The selected contractor(s) will be required to comply with all applicable Equal
Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. All proposers will be required to certify that they are not
on the Comptroller General’s list of ineligible contractors.
The ITP Board hereby notifies all proposers that it will affirmatively ensure, in regard to any contract
entered into pursuant to this advertisement, that Disadvantaged Business Enterprises will be afforded
full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this Request for Proposal and will not be
discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, color, sex, handicap, or national origin, in
consideration for an award.
The ITP Board reserves the right to postpone, accept, or reject any and all proposals in whole or in part
on such basis as the ITP Board deems to be in its interest to do so, subject to the rules and regulations
set forth by the Federal Transit Administration and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
No proposal may be withdrawn for at least sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time of the
proposals. A digital copy of the proposal must be submitted through MITN. (Link provided above). Please
submit your bid as a single PDF file with all information scanned in the order requested.