Request For Proposals TRICARE Managed Care Support (T-5) HT9402-20-R-0005

August 16, 2021 Update: DoD SAFE will be conducting system maintenance and will be unavailable on August 23, 2021 from 0300 Mountain - 0700 Mountain. Please plan accordingly in order to meet the proposal submission deadline of August 23, 2021 at 0830 Mountain. Proposals received after the proposal due date will be considered late and may be rejected by the Contracting Officer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 11, 2021 Update: The Government has added new and revised responses to industry submitted RFP questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 10, 2021 Update: The Government has added new and revised responses to industry submitted RFP questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 9, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0006 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections and CDRLs as described in the Amendment 0006 SF-30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 5, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0005 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections and CDRLs as described in the Amendment 0005 SF-30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 30, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0004 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections as described in the Amendment 0004 SF-30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 29, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0003 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections as well as CDRLs, referenced TRICARE Systems and Operations Manuals, Section J Attachments, and Section L Attachments, as described in the Amendment 0003 SF-30. Additionally, the Government has added new and revised responses to industry submitted RFP questions. NOTE: The proposal due date has been revised to 23 August 2021, 0830 MDT. (Denver). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ June 25, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0002 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections as well as CDRLs, referenced TRICARE Systems and Operations Manuals, Section J Attachments, and Section L Attachments, as described in the Amendment 0002 SF-30. Additionally, the Government has added new and revised responses to industry submitted RFP questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 21, 2021 Update: The Government has issued Amendment 0001 to the RFP. This Amendment makes changes to select RFP Sections as well as CDRLs, Section J Attachments, and Section L Attachments, as described in the Amendment 0001 SF-30. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ May 20, 2021 Update: The Government's official responses to the Industry questions/comments received as a result of Draft RFP 3 TRICARE Managed Care Support (T-5) HT9402-20-R-0005 is now available at the link below. https://beta.sam.gov/opp/18759d8158e440ebb765426d81e09362/view ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice ID: HT9402-20-R-0005 This announcement is the formal RFP for the fifth-generation TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts (T-5) and to provide updated information for the T-5 Preproposal Conference on May 18, 2021. A Preproposal Conference will take place on 18 May 2021 from 0900-1200 EST, and will provide technical clarification and solicit interest and partnering opportunities for this RFP. A link to the T-5 Preproposal Conference announcement is below: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/aee1fe10c324439b8db1e2c7b15dd996/view The TRICARE Manuals, included by reference in RFP Section C, have not been included as attachments in this announcement, and are available for download on the TRICARE Manuals Publishing website: https://manuals.health.mil/ TRICARE Manual Definitions are available at the link below: https://manuals.health.mil/pages/v3/DownloadManualFile.aspx?Filename=Definitions.pdf Background TRICARE is a comprehensive health care program of the Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System (MHS). The health care services involved in this acquisition represent a continuing, statutorily defined requirement. TRICARE health care programs, including the benefit structure and required administrative functions, are codified at Chapter 55 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), and Title 32, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 199. T-5 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 Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the DoD Source Selection Procedures (2016). The solicitation will result in award of separate contracts for the East and West regions. In accordance with the evaluation criteria a separate proposal is required for each region. The T-5 contracts awarded will be a hybrid consisting of Fixed-Priced, Fixed-Price Incentive, Cost Reimbursement, and Award Fee line items. The T-5 contracts will have a 12-month base period for transition-in, eight 1-year option periods for health care delivery, an 18-month contract period for transition-out activities (6 months concurrent to the last option period of health care delivery), 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 10 years. Summary T-5 Managed Care Support Services RFP Date: 15 April 2021 Contracting Office Zip: 80011-9066 Product Service Code: Q201 Medical General Healthcare Contracting Office Address: 16401 E. Centretech Parkway, Aurora, Colorado Solicitation Number: HT940220R0005 Points of Contact: Primary: Mr. Evan J. Zaslow Email: evan.j.zaslow.civ@mail.mil Secondary: Mr. Marcus R. Webb Email: marcus.r.webb.civ@mail.mil Proposal Due Date: 23 August 2021 at 8:30 AM MDT Proposals received after this time will be considered late and may be rejected by the Contracting Officer. RFQ Questions Due Date: 13 July 2021 at 12:00 PM MDT Questions received after this deadline but before proposal due date may only be answered at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. 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: 1 November 2022