Insurance Consultant Services

The City of New Smyrna Beach (City) is requesting Qualifications from qualified vendors for insurance consultant services.

Currently, the City of New Smyrna Beach belongs to a self-insured pool and is not an independently self-insured entity. The pool purchases insurance and the pool has self-insured retention. The annual invoice is billed solely to the City and deductibles will be paid per claim.

The City intends to select a qualified firm to provide professional Insurance Consultant Services. The selected consultant will:

The City reserves the right to award a contract to the firm determined to be in the best interest of the City.

Respondents warrant that the terms and conditions quoted in the Qualifications will be firm for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of the Qualifications opening unless otherwise stated by the City. Incomplete, unresponsive, vague, ambiguous responses to the request for Qualifications will be just cause for rejection as determined by the City.

The successful proposer(s) will hereinafter be referred to as “Professional Consultant”.

The City serves an area of 41.6 square miles in size and serves a population of approximately 32,852. It is located off of Florida’s East Coast, in the County of Volusia, just north of Cape Canaveral with easy access to both Interstate 95 and Interstate 4. The City’s fiscal year begins on October 1st and ends on September 30th.

The City was created in 1887 by adoption of its first charter, which was replaced through Chapter 224.08, Special Acts of Florida, 1943, and subsequently amended, with the most recent update taking effect January 1, 2021.

The legislative branch of the City is composed of an elected five-member City Commission consisting of the mayor and four commissioners. The City Commission is governed by the City Charter and by state and local laws and regulations. The City Commission is responsible for the establishment and adoption of policy. The execution of such policy is the responsibility of the Commission-appointed City Manager.

More detailed information on the government and can be found in City of New Smyrna’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). This report may be viewed on https://www.cityofnsb.com/105/Financial-Report s.