Army Direct Care Physician Services

The Army Direct Care Physician Services Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract provides comprehensive medical professional staffing services for Army medical facilities. The contract vehicle supports the direct care medical system by procuring specialized physician services across multiple clinical disciplines. Task orders under this IDIQ cover a wide range of medical specialties, including emergency room, family practice, pediatrics, neurology, gastroenterology, psychiatry, pulmonology, and internal medicine, among others.

Task orders typically range from $350,000 to $8.7 million, with performance periods generally spanning one to two years. Many task orders are set aside for small businesses, indicating a focus on supporting smaller medical service providers. The contract appears to support Army medical treatment facilities, with task orders consistently using firm fixed pricing and covering full-time equivalent (FTE) physician staffing needs. Notable task order descriptions include Emergency Room Physicians, Hospitalist Physicians, Gastroenterologist Services, and Pediatric Physician Services. The contract vehicle was initially awarded on May 8, 2013, with the last ordering date set for October 31, 2018, suggesting it was a multi-year procurement strategy for maintaining continuous medical staffing capabilities across Army direct care facilities.