Request for Proposals to Underwrite and Administer Group Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Services under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Program

25-14331-001

Posted

Valerie Rossman

(512) 867-7116

valerie.rossman@ers.texas.gov

4/2/2026

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95363-Life Insurance;

EMPLOYEESRETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO UNDERWRITE AND ADMINISTERGROUP TERM LIFE INSURANCE AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCESERVICES UNDER THE TEXAS EMPLOYEES GROUP BENEFITS PROGRAM

SOLICITATIONNO. 25-14331-001

NIGP CODE: 953-63

The Employees Retirement System of Texas (ERS) has issued a Requestfor Proposals (RFP) seeking a qualified entity (Respondent) to fully insure andprovide all operational services as described in the RFP for Group Term LifeInsurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for ActiveEmployees, Retirees, and Dependents under the Texas Employees Group BenefitsProgram in accordance with Chapter 1551 of the Tex. Ins. Code. Respondent shallprovide the level of services required in the RFP and meet other requirementsthat are in the best interests of ERS, its members, and the state of Texas(State). Respondent shall be required to execute a contract (Contract) providedby, and satisfactory to, ERS for a period that begins upon execution of theContract by ERS and extends through August 31, 2033, subject to the terms ofthe Contract. It is anticipated the Contract will be executed in December 2026.

TheConfidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement, attached to the RFP as Appendix D (NDA),must be properly executed via DocuSign in order to receive ERS’ confidentialappendices (Appendices Q, Q-1, Q-2, R and R-1).

Questions will be accepted via Euna Procurement (formerly,“Bonfire”) until Februrary 23, 2026 at 4:00 p.m Central Time (CT) .Answers to questions will be posted to Euna Procurement and ESBD on the datespecified in RFP Section I.B.1.

To be eligible for consideration, Respondent is required to submit itsresponse to the RFP (Proposal) in accordance with the instructions set forth inthe RFP. Respondents must meet the Minimum Requirements set forth in theMinimum Requirements Questionnaire (Appendix G). All Proposal materials shallbe received by ERS via Euna Procurement no later than April2, 2026at 10:00 a.m. CT.

To download the RFP, submit an executed NDA, submit questions,and/or submit a Proposal , prospective Respondents must firstcreate a profile in Euna Procurement ( ERS’e-procurement portal located at erstexas.bonfirehub.com ) ,which operates best on the latest versions of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome,and Mozilla Firefox. Browser cookies must be enabled when accessing EunaProcurement. Note that Respondent’s primary Proposal contact must create a EunaProcurement profile (with the actual contact person’s email address) anddownload the RFP documents in order to send and receive messages via EunaProcurement.

ERS reserves the right to rebid the RFP if deemed by ERS to be in thebest interests of ERS, its members, and/or the State. ERS also reserves theright to reject any Proposal submitted that does not fully comply with theRFP’s instructions and criteria. ERS is under no legal requirement to execute aContract on the basis of this notice or upon issuance of the RFP and will notpay any costs incurred by any Respondent in connection with the preparation ofa Proposal. ERS also reserves the right to revise any provisions set forth inthe RFP at any time prior to execution of a Contract where ERS deems it to bein the best interests of ERS, its members, and/or the State.

Any general questions should be sent to ERS’ point of contact, ValerieRossman, Procurement Specialist, via Euna Procurement or ivendorquestions@ers.texas.gov .ERS’ mailing address is P.O. Box 13207, Austin, Texas 78711-3207.