Presolicitation notice tricare managed care support services (T-III)

MODIFICATION TO A PREVIOUS NOTICE - PRESOLICITATION NOTICE - SOURCES SOUGHT: The Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is seeking qualified sources to submit offers in the competitive acquisition for the third generation (T-III), TRICARE Managed Care Support services. The solicitation is expected to be issued within the next several weeks. This acquisition will be full and open competition after exclusion of sources, and will not be set aside for small or small disadvantaged businesses. This solicitation will result in award of three separate contracts; one each for the North, South, and West TRICARE Regions. The performance period under the resultant contracts will include a base year (transition-in period), multiple one-year option periods for health care delivery, and a transition-out period.

The solicitation will be posted on the TMA solicitation website: http://www.tricare.mil/contracting/healthcare/solicitations/. Interested parties should register on the TMA solicitation website to be notified of the issuance of the solicitation and to receive any updates regarding the solicitation. This list is considered the solicitation mailing list and is available for public viewing. In order for potential prime contractor offerors to be aware of small businesses interested in subcontracting opportunities, small and small disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to register.

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE-SOURCES SOUGHT: The Department of Defense (DoD) TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is seeking qualified sources to submit offers in the competitive acquisition for the third generation (T-III), TRICARE Managed Care Support services. The anticipated solicitation issue date is tentatively scheduled for approximately October 9, 2007. This acquisition will be for full and open competition after exclusion of sources and will not be set aside for small or small disadvantaged businesses.

Previously, other notices for this requirement have been advertised to include a draft solicitation and posting of historical and informational TRICARE data on the TMA website. Interested parties should register at the TMA solicitation website to be notified of the issuance of the solicitation and to receive updates regarding the solicitation and responses to potential offeror questions via e-mail. This list will be considered the solicitation mailing list and is available on the web site. In order for potential prime contracting offerors to be aware of small businesses interested in subcontracting opportunities, small and small disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to register on the web site.



After the solicitation is issued, a question-and-answer forum will be established on the solicitation web page. All questions will be posted as submitted, although names of the parties submitting the questions will not be posted. TMA will post responses to all questions. The cutoff date for receipt of questions will be three weeks after the date the solicitation is issued.



The Defense Health Program (DHP) consists of direct care provided by DoD personnel through Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) and clinics and purchased care provided through Managed Care Support Contractors. In order to fulfill the purchased care needs of the DHP, sources/contractors must provide all services necessary to fully support DoD's primary wartime readiness mission while supplementing the services provided through DoD owned and/or operated health care facilities. MCS services apply to approximately 9.2 million active and retired members of the Uniformed Services: the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U. S. Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, their spouses and children and their surviving family members subject to the provisions of Chapter 55 of Title 10, U.S.C. Also eligible are Medal of Honor recipients (Chapter 55 of Title 10, U.S.C., Section 1074h.).