Third-Party Administration Services for Ancillary Employee Benefits

Overview

Financial, Legal, HR & Staffing

El Paso, Texas, United StatesPosted 24 days agoDeadline: May 4th, 2026

Fit Score

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SUMMARY

Seeking a third-party administrator to manage ancillary employee benefits including plan administration, eligibility, claims, billing, data management, compliance, and customer support.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Must have a minimum of 10 years of experience administering ancillary benefits for public sector or school districts of similar size
Must be licensed and compliant to operate in Texas
Must provide annual funding for a full-time Benefits Specialist/Onsite Representative
Must have bilingual English/Spanish capability
Must provide evidence of financial stability through audited financials or equivalent
Must provide proof of insurance including General Liability, Errors & Omissions/Cyber, and Workers' Compensation
Must be able to integrate with Tyler Munis HRIS
Must comply with HIPAA, ERISA, COBRA, ACA, and IRC Section 125 regulations
Must submit six identical copies of binders and 6 USB drives

BUDGET

Estimate

$250,000 – $500,000

CONTRACT DURATION

36 months

TIMELINE

Release of RFP: April 13th, 2026

Deadline to Submit Questions: April 23rd, 2026

Responses to Questions Posted: April 27th, 2026

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 4th, 2026

Finalist Presentations: May 14th, 2026

Anticipated Award & Contract Start: June 17th, 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

April 23rd, 2026

Issuing Agency

Socorro Independent School District

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DESCRIPTION

The organization is seeking a vendor to provide third-party administration services for ancillary employee benefits. Services required include administration of benefits such as dental, vision, basic and voluntary life/AD&D, short- and long-term disability, critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, annuities, and related programs. Key responsibilities encompass plan administration, eligibility management, EDI file exchanges, evidence of insurability workflows, billing and reconciliation, retroactivity rules, carrier remittance, claims intake and adjudication, appeals processing, and quality assurance.

The provider must offer multilingual customer service, accessibility compliance, project management for implementation, testing, parallel runs, ongoing account management, annual stewardship, and plan optimization recommendations. Additional requirements include data management, reporting and analytics, ad hoc report generation, compliance services such as COBRA and Section 125, integration with benefits enrollment platforms and HRIS, as well as adherence to performance guarantees and service-level standards.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.