(a) All bid specifications and requests for proposals for Service Contracts shall request the bidder to specify the information required in the preceding section about the health care insurance offered to its Covered Employees who work thirty (30) or more hours a week.
(b) In evaluating bids or proposals for a Service Contract, the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies or the Applicable Department may give preference to a prospective Service Contractor who provides reasonable health care insurance to its Covered Employees who work thirty (30) or more hours a week. If a prospective Service Contractor can demonstrate that it has offered reasonable health care insurance to its employees, but as a group the employees have refused the health care insurance coverage, that prospective Service Contractor may be entitled to a preference. However, no preference shall be given if the price bid for the Service Contract exceeds by more than five percent (5%) the lowest price bid for the Service Contract.
(c) In order to be eligible for a preference, the bidder shall submit with its bid or proposal the following information as to all of its health care insurance plans:
(1) The amount of employee contribution to the health care plan; and
(2) The amount of any deductible; and
(3) The amount of any copayments; and
(4) Whether dental insurance is provided; and
(5) The range of services covered.
(d) Health care insurance is reasonable if the health care insurance offered is comparable or superior to that offered by the City of Cleveland to its employees with respect to all of the following factors:
(1) The amount of employee contribution to the health care plan; and
(2) The amount of any deductible; and
(3) The amount of any copayments; and
(4) Whether dental insurance is provided; and
(5) The range of services covered.
(Ord. No. 2265-2000. Passed 1-29-01, eff. 2-1-01)