TRICARE Pharmacy Services, 5th Generation (TPharm5)   4

Date: 15 June 2020

Year: 2020

Contracting Office Zip: 80011-9066

Product Service Code: Q201 Medical General Healthcare

Contracting Office Address: 16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Aurora, Colorado

Subject: The TRICARE Pharmacy Program (TPharm) provides pharmacy benefits for the Military Health System (MHS) by providing access to prescription medications through a retail pharmacy network, dispensing prescriptions at the mail order pharmacy (MOP), and adjudicating Military Treatment Facility (MTF) prescriptions with all other prescriptions using a central patient profile reflecting transactions at all points of service.

Solicitation Number: HT940220R0002

Closing Response Date: 15 October 2020

Point of Contact:

Primary Secondary

Hilary Meckel Dwight Bonham

Email: dha.buckley.acquis-procure.mbx.tpharm5@mail.mil

Response Date: 15 October 2020

NAICS: 524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers

Place of Contract Performance: TBD based on Contractor location (nationwide)

Set-aside Status: None (Full and Open Competition)

Anticipated Award Date: 21 May 2021

Description: This Request for Proposal (RFP) is a follow-on acquisition to the current TRICARE Pharmacy contract (TPharm4) that is expected to end in April 2022. The TPharm program provides pharmacy benefits for the Military Health System (MHS) by providing access to prescription medications through a retail pharmacy network, dispensing prescriptions at the mail order pharmacy (MOP), and adjudicating Military Treatment Facility (MTF) prescriptions with all other prescriptions using a central patient profile reflecting transactions at all points of service.

This is a full and open competitive source selection, using best value trade-off procedures in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.3, Source Selection, as supplemented by the Defense FAR Supplement and the DoD Source Selection Procedures (2016). The contract awarded will be a hybrid consisting of Fixed-Priced, Fixed-Price Incentive, and Award Fee line items. The contract will have an 18-month base period for transition-in, seven 1-year option periods for health care delivery, a one year-long concurrent contract period for transition-out activities, and a potential 6-month extension of services permitted per FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for a potential total period of performance of 9 years.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal. Proposals are expected to be due by 4:00 p.m. (mountain time) on 15 October 2020. To receive emails concerning the status of this solicitation, interested parties are strongly encouraged to register as vendors on www.beta.SAM.gov and then sign up as interested vendors for solicitation HT940220R0002. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to review this site regularly for updates.

Previous draft documents associated with HT940220R002 are superseded. The Contracting Officer will post any revisions or amendments to this solicitation on www.beta.SAM.gov.

Data packages will be available via alternative methods as specified in the solicitation. Offerors must have a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) in place prior to the release of the package. Due to administrative processing constraints, offerors are strongly encouraged to complete these documents as soon as possible.

Offerors shall submit questions regarding the solicitation to the attention of Dwight Bonham at the following email address:

dha.buckley.acquis-procure.mbx.tpharm5@mail.mil