Kansas Businesses Reviewing Their PEO Options.

This company is opening 2 day care facilities in a county in central Kansas. The contact has experience in HR and is on the county economic development board of directors. They are also interested in staffing recruitment and they will be opening the facilities in September of 2023. After they put on staff they are interested in access to a group health plan and 401K. BCBS is their preferred carrier.

This is a company in Kansas, outside of KC that does window restoration including removal, re-glazing and reinstallation. They have done many historic properties in Kansas, Missouri and a few in Nebraska. It is family owned and the owner is working with his son and others. They have a history of no work comp claims. Health insurance is not a need since they all the ees are covered under their spouses plans.

Company is a small hotel, looking for basic workers comp and payroll. Your contact has used a Professional Employer Organization in the past.

Company is starting a home infusion pharmacy. Initial employees will be fulltime pharmacists, one business development person and part/fulltime pharmacy tech.  They expect to add more locations over the next year.

Company buys wholesale goods, warehouses them, then sells them online or at auction. They initially wanted benefits only, but will be willing to look at the full Professional Employer Organization model. Currently their CPA does the payroll. .

Company will be opening a fleet maintenance company in February. They will offer both onsite, and in-shop repairs and maintenance of light commercial vehicles.

Company is a hotel management group with locations in ten states. They are with a Professional Employer Organization now but are having services issues. Those issues include lack of transparency with both W/C and SUTA claims, inflexible or lack of custom report requests, and issues with accounting reconciling. They would also like a more streamlined onboarding process. They offer an Aetna plan now, but are willing to look at any carrier. Basically, they want to get out of the dark ages, and into a more current technological HRIS platform. Please initiate contact via email to set up a conference call with their team.

This company is currently part of the national Youth For Christ organization but due to YFC's more intercity focus, and this group's more rural focus, this group is spitting off and will now need Payroll/HR/benefits administration. So this would be considered a new, nonprofit, startup. A census has been requested.

This new company is a design, development and contract manufacturer of medical devices. Although the contact describes them primarily as a design and engineering company. They talked to two Professional Employer Organizations about a year ago but found their admin fees too high. Better or cheaper group health care is a primary driver. They currently offer a group Humana program. He describes his workforce as being very self sufficient so an employee self service portal would be good. Their dental and vision is also through Humana as he described as being convenient. The company also offers 401k and STD & LTD through Guardian. A census is attached but a modification has been requested to indicate W/C classification. They have 7 EEs classified as 3685 and all others as 8810. They also mention a preference for a company with a local presence, so if you have any local office, emphasize it. If possible, they would like a Jan 1st cutover. This RFP indicates that they have EEs in CO, but they do not.

Company is a trucking company that had a single vehicle accident resulting in a death. Deceased failed a drug test, allowing the current carrier to deny the claim, but still kept some reserves on the claim. They want to see how a Professional Employer Organization can help them with lowering their workers comp premium, and administering payroll. Loss information is attached. They need quotes quickly, as their renewal is in early March.

Company is a bindery. They use a Professional Employer Organization at their other company in OK, but that Professional Employer Organization doesn't cover KS. Please contact the company via email first to set up a call.

Company is an oil and gas field fluid transportation company. They haul produced water primarily, but also haul fresh water for drilling and fracking operations. They have 17 tractor trailers, 3 bobtails with low pressure pumps. They also have 2 winch trucks and 50 frack tanks that we rent out to customers. They want to see how a Professional Employer Organization can help them with benefits, and risk management.

This is a start up software technology firm that just finalized their seed funding and need to find a Professional Employer Organization to handle all HR and benefits admin. At this point, it is just the contact person and his partner, but they will be hiring 5 EEs almost right away. They then expect to add another 20 rather quickly and estimate having 60 to 70 EEs within the next year or two. They would like to have a Professional Employer Organization in place soon so that they know what benefits they will be offering while recruiting.

Company is in the investigative stages of determining if it is cost effective to move their water treatment employees out of the municipality.

Company is a marketing firm that does their payroll in house now, and offers BCBS. They are interested in the payroll administration, and better, more affordable benefits.

Company is a basic handyman service for residential and commercial properties. They are interested in basic workers comp, and payroll. The payroll figures below, are an estimate of where they'll be in a few months.

Client is a temporary staffing company that is employing people who's previous employer went Bankrupt and who have been acquired by a bank who is looking for a buyer. They have employees in the following states: Nd - Mn - Mi - Ia - Nb. but are looking for a Professional Employer Organization that can do those functions and provide health care. .

Company specializes in optical goods. They have received a quote from Axcet HR out of Lenexa, but feel they'd like to check the marketplace. The mod listed below has been verified, with the contact attributing it to frequency issues versus shock losses. Their health plan is self funded, as they used to have over 500 ee's. The contact estimates their benefits contribution to be 70% in to the fund, and the remaining 30% coming from the employee. They have one outside salesperson in the following states: FL - AL - IA - MI - TX, and four in NJ. Loss runs, and benefits information have been attached.

Company manufactures feed supplements, that is separating themselves from their parent company. They are interested in the full suite of Professional Employer Organization services, as noted below. All of the employees are in Ks, but 2 of them are in Tx. A benefits census is available in Excel format, and loss runs are attached. Please request the census from Chris after contracting, as it is a large file.