Third Party Administration of NYS-Ride, a Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefit

The New York State Office of Employee Relations (OER) is seeking to secure the services of a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) of NYS-Ride, a qualified transportation fringe benefit (QTB) authorized by Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 132(f). OER will provide oversight.

NYS-Ride allows eligible state employees to set aside pre- and post-tax payroll deductions for qualified transit expenses. Approximately 200,000 New York State
(NYS) employees are eligible to participate in this benefit. NYS-Ride has about 5,000 state employees regularly participating with a goal of continually increasing participation in the benefit. NYS-Ride is offered to employees of the Executive Branch, The Unified Court System, and the Legislature.

The selected contractor will be responsible for implementing all systems necessary to administer and provide a QTB plan to eligible NYS employees. The bidder must meet each of the mandatory requirements, respond to the 13 major areas described in Section 2 and comply with Section 4 of this RFP, and provide all required samples in order to be considered responsive.

A copy of this solicitation is included with this notice and also available on OER's website at https://oer.ny.gov/vendor-information-page. If changes are made to this solicitation, notification will be posted on OER's website.

A bidder’s conference will not be held.

An intent to bid form will not be required.

Questions are due by 5:00 PM ET on June 6, 2025.

A Questions and Answers document will be posted to OER's website by the close of business on June 13, 2025.

A bid review committee will evaluate all bids submitted in response to this RFP that are received by 4:00 PM ET on July 15, 2025.

Subcontracting is allowed.

* These goods or services have been purchased from an out-of-state/foreign vendor within the past three years.