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Q -- TRICARE Retail Pharmacy (TRRx)

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This amendment for the TRICARE Retail Pharmacy (TRRx) solicitation addresses questions regarding the Government's minimum required urban pharmacy access standards. To ensure fairness and maximize competition, the Government has re-validated its data and these standards, clarifying that estimated driving distance should be used to calculate access. Additionally, offerors who commit to exceeding the minimum access standards will receive additional credit in proposal evaluations, with the relative importance of evaluation factors adjusted accordingly. The Government has also updated potential offerors with current network pharmacy access rates and now requires electronic submission of network access data for easier verification. Due to these updates, the deadline for proposal submissions has been extended by 10 working days to June 11, 2003. The Contracting Officer will respond to questions submitted by May 30, 2003. This amendment aims to enhance transparency and encourage higher service quality through better access commitments in the TRICARE retail pharmacy network contracting process, managed by the Defense Health Agency under the Department of Defense in Aurora, Colorado.

General Info

Amendment clarifies pharmacy access standards, offers credit for exceeding, extends proposal deadline.

Agency

Department Of Defense → Defense Health Agency

NAICS

456110 - Pharmacies and Drug Retailers

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Timeline

PostedMay 28

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Health Agency

ContactsNo contacts available

OfficeAURORA, CO, 80011, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Health Agency

Office AddressAURORA, CO, 80011, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

Reference solicitation #MDA906-03-R-0002, Amendment 0004 to the TRICARE Retail Pharmacy (TRRx) solicitation is issued and may be downloaded at: http://www.tricare.osd.mil/contracting/healthcare/solicitations/retail This amendment was necessary to factually respond to offeror questions related to the Government's minimum required urban access standards. In order to respond to the questions and ensure that all potential offerors have the maximum opportunity to compete for this requirement, the Government has re-validated its data and minimum access standards. In addition, this amendment provides for giving additional credit in the evaluation of proposals to those offerors who commit to exceeding the Government's minimum access standards. The relative importance of the evaluation factors are also amended. Also, the amendment clarifies that *estimated driving distance* should be used in calculating the access standards; and the Government's current network pharmacy access rates have been provided. The amendment also request offerors to submit network access data electronically instead of hard-copy to allow for Government verification. As a result of this amendment the closing date for receipt of proposals has been extended by 10 working days to June 11, 2003. The Contracting Officer will answer questions received by close of business Friday, May 30, 2003.