WORKERS’ COMPENSATION THIRD PARTY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR

RFP No. 2096

Questions Due Date: September 13, 2018 - 4:00 PM

Proposals Due:  September 21, 2018 - 4:00 PM

Contact:

For questions and requests to be placed on the Holder's List for this procurement, email Jana Prince, [email protected] or [email protected]  

Summary:

Pierce County requests competitive proposals from qualified firms to conduct third party administrative services (service provider) to manage claims for the County’s self-insured Workers ’Compensation program. The firm selected as the third-party administrator will be required to manage all workers’ compensation claims with opened or reopened dates after December 31, 2018 and to assume management of all existing open claims beginning on January 1, 2019.

The service provider will be required to provide management services for a workers’ compensation function that supports and assists a highly proactive approach to injury and claims management. The service provider will be expected to manage all workers’ compensation claims in a timely, courteous and fair manner and in accordance with the legal requirements outlined in Washington State law. The County has a strong commitment to return employees to work in a timely manner by incorporating temporary transitional work assignments prior to the attending physicians’ release to full duty

Notes:

Solicitation issued August 27, 2018.