Council Approves $25,000 Contract to Help RFP for Pharmacy Benefit Manager

The Springfield City Council voted Sept. 2 to approve ordinance 2025-350, authorizing a professional services agreement with Travelers Inc. to assist the city’s Office of Human Resources with the request for proposals and selection of a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). The contract is effective March 1, 2026, through Feb. 28, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $25,000. "The pharmacy benefit manager is a very complicated RFP with credits and discounts and things like that," Kelly Martin, benefits senior manager for the City of Springfield, said. "So in order to do that, we do rely on Truverus or another vendor to help us out."