Health & Welfare Actuarial & Broker Consultant

The State of Colorado is seeking a single‑vendor consultant to provide comprehensive health and welfare actuarial and insurance‑broker services for its ~39,000 employees. The consultant will be paid a flat annual fee and must deliver a full suite of services, including: • Market research, budget estimation, and solicitation drafting for employee‑benefit contracts. • Evaluation of proposals, bid summary preparation, and recommendation of award decisions. • Ongoing actuarial analysis, cost‑trend modeling, and reserve adequacy reporting. • Management of relationships with multiple carriers (e.g., Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, MedImpact) and coordination of renewals/negotiations. • Legislative fiscal‑note analysis with rapid (≤4 hour) turnaround. • Support for open‑enrollment communications, wellness program ROI analysis, and compliance with state/federal benefits law. • Development of strategic benefit plans, benchmarking studies, and analytic tools for the State’s benefit administration system. The contract is structured as a flat‑fee, annual engagement with potential extensions, and the vendor must maintain accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1 AA) for all deliverables.