*** 2022 Retiree Return-to-Work Rules ***

 

** Update: February 14, 2022**

Alaska Electrical Trust Funds (“AETF”) issued the Request for Proposal (“RFP”) below to select and contract with a company (“Vendor”) to create a new website that is a modern, highly attractive and built with responsive web design.

Due to the number of written Vendor Questions received, International Data Systems, Inc. (the project manager for AETF) needs additional time to complete its responses and the following Project Milestone Dates have been updated in Section 2.3:

• Response to Vendor Questions is now due February 18, 2022

• RFP Submission Deadline is now COB on February 21, 2022

All other Project Milestone Dates remain unchanged, and no other contents of the RFP have been modified beyond the addition of a new section summarizing this Amendment #1 to the RFP and the subsequent renumbering of the remaining sections.  Any dates or items that have been updated in the RFP can be identified by the yellow highlighting.

 

 

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Alaska Electrical Trust Funds (AETF), through International Data Systems (IDS), seeks a qualified company (Vendor) to modernize the design and functions of the organization’s website (https://www.aetf.com), work with AETF on best practices for content creation, and provide training and technical support to the small staff at AETF.

IDS will serve as the project liaison between AETF and the Vendor, helping to identify qualified candidates, serving as technical expert during the RFP process and answer offeror/contractor questions (Q/A), and support AETF in the contractor evaluation and selection process.

 

ABOUT THE ALASKA ELECTRICAL TRUST FUNDS

The Alaska Electrical Trust Funds is a family of three Taft-Hartley multiemployer trust funds that maintain four separate plans:

• Alaska Electrical Pension Plan, a defined benefit pension plan

• Alaska Electrical Retirement Savings Plan, a defined contribution 401(k) plan

• Alaska Electrical Health and Welfare plan, a health benefits plan

• Alaska Electrical Legal Plan, a plan that provides reimbursement of legal expenses

These trusts were established pursuant to collective bargaining between the Alaska Chapter of NECA and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 1547. As employee benefit trusts, they are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and a web of complex regulations by the federal Department of Labor (DOL), Internal Revenue Service, Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. In particular, DOL regulations and guidance address participant disclosures and use of electronic means to satisfy these rules, as well as privacy and security of participant information.

The Trusts serve a population of approximately 10,500 active and retired members, who are employed by 150 separate employers who transfer contributions monthly to the Trusts’ Administrative Office. The website is intended to support the Administrative Office operations as it serves members accessing their Trust benefits, and the contributing employers in administration of timely payment of bargained contributions.

 

AETF's NEEDS

AETF seeks proposals to create a new website that is a modern, highly attractive and built with responsive web design.  AETF is seeking proposals from highly qualified, experienced website development companies to design, develop and implement its public-facing website. The chosen strategic partner must be a firm that has experience in managing union retirement trust website design projects, and expertise with best practices regarding:

• Successful website redesign

• User experience and usability testing

• Information architecture

• Website development and deployment

• Content strategy

• Social media integration

• Search engine optimization

• Responsive design

This RFP does not obligate AETF to award a contract or complete the project and AETF reserves the right to cancel the solicitation if it is considered to be in its best interest.

 

 

QUESTIONS AND OR SUBMISSIONS GO TO IDS

While this RFP is for AETF, the point of contact for all questions or requests for additional information is:

 

AETF Project Manager

International Data Systems, Inc. (on behalf of AETF)

401 East Fireweed Lane #202

Anchorage, Alaska 99503

 

Email:  RFP@international-data.net

 

All questions shall be via email only. All contact with personnel employed by AETF except for the contact persons named above with respect to this RFP shall be prohibited. Improper contact may constitute grounds for rejection of your proposal.