TRICARE Third Generation Managed Care Support Services for the North Region

Contract to provide managed care support for eligible beneficiaries in the Department of Defense TRICARE North Region. The North Region comprises the states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (Rock Island Arsenal area only); Kentucky (except the Ft. Campbell area); Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri (St. Louis area only); New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

The contract includes a 10 month base period (transition-in) plus five one-year option periods of health care delivery with a transition out period.

Award includes the base period and the first option period for $2,840,302,541.

The competitive contract action contains multiple contract types, but predominately cost plus fixed fee. It is appropriate to utilize the cost reimbursement contract type due to the uncertainties involved in contract performance that do not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price.