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Department of War Pharmacy Uniform Formulary Blanket Purchase Agreement/Uniform Formulary Additional Discount Program
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The Department of War, under the mandate of federal law and regulations, is tasked with establishing a comprehensive and integrated pharmacy benefits program for the Military Health System, which involves the procurement of pharmaceutical agents. This program is guided by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, which evaluates the clinical and cost effectiveness of drugs within therapeutic classes to decide their inclusion and classification in the Uniform Formulary. Pharmaceutical agents will be categorized for cost sharing purposes as generic, formulary, Basic Core Formulary, Extended Core Formulary, or non-formulary. As part of this process, a Request for Quotation (RFQ) has been issued to solicit bids from industry suppliers for agents within drug classes selected for the Uniform Formulary. The Defense Health Agency will subsequently award Blanket Purchase Agreements and Additional Discount Program Agreements based on the Committee’s recommendations. The upcoming Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meeting in May 2026 will review newly approved drugs including Lifyorli (an oncological glucocorticoid receptor antagonist), Quiofic (a water-soluble vitamin), Widaplik (an antihypertensive agent), and Saphnelo (an immunosuppressive agent). Interested parties must participate in a pre-quotation teleconference scheduled for May 13, 2026, and submit responses to clinical questions by the specified deadlines detailed in the RFQ document HT9402-26-Q-9302. The solicitation is managed by the Defense Health Agency at JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with response submissions due by May 28, 2026. Points of contact for this solicitation are provided for assistance and further inquiries.
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San Antonio, TX, 78230, USASet-Aside
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The Department of War (DoW) is required by law (10 U.S.C. § 1074g) to establish an effective, efficient, integrated pharmacy benefits program for the Military Health System (MHS) which includes the purchase pharmaceutical agents. The law and implementing regulation (32 CFR Section 199.21) describe the process by which the DoW Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee will consider the relative clinical effectiveness and relative cost effectiveness of pharmaceutical agents in a therapeutic class in recommending the selection of agents for the DoW Uniform Formulary (UF) and, for cost sharing purposes, the classification of a pharmaceutical agent as generic, formulary, Basic Core Formulary (BCF), Extended Core Formulary (ECF), or non-formulary (NF). Prior to the scheduled P&T Committee meeting, a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for pharmaceutical agents within Drug Classes identified for placement on the UF has been issued to obtain quotes from industry. The Defense Health Agency may award Uniform Formulary Blanket Purchase Agreements (UF BPA) and the Uniform Formulary Additional Discount Program Agreements (UF ADP) based on the UF decision. This process is described in the attached RFQ.
P&T COMMITTEE MEETING: The following May 2026 newly approved drugs will be reviewed:
a. Lifyorli - Oncological Agents - Glucocorticoid Receptor Antagonist
b. Quiofic - VITAMINS - WATER SOLUBLE
c. Widaplik - ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS – N/A
d. Saphnelo – IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVES – N/A
The RFQ, including UF BPA and UF ADP appendices are attached here in. The instructions, important deadlines, and points of contact are in document, RFQ HT9402-26-Q-9302.
Pre-quotation teleconference is on May 13, 2026. Details are stated in Part 2.4. Pre-Quotation Teleconference. Responses to the clinical questions in Part 3.4 shall be submitted via e-mail to the RFQ POC in Part 2.3.1., no later than the date stated in Part 2.3.2.
