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Contract Award: TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp. Phoenix Arizona has been selected to provide managed care support to the Department of Defense Defense Health Agency (TRICARE program in the West Region. The total potential contract value, including all transition and options periods) – $65,140,149,682.

TriWest Healthcare Alliance Corp., Phoenix, Arizona, has been selected to provide managed care support to the Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, TRICARE program in the West Region. The total potential contract value, including all transition and options periods, is estimated at $65,140,149,682. The contractor will assist the Defense Health Agency in operating an integrated health care delivery system combining the resources of the contractor and the military’s direct medical care system to provide health, medical and administrative support services to eligible members of the uniformed services, retirees and their eligible family members. The West Region includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, and fixed-price type contract has a 12-month base period (transition-in) and eight one-year option periods for health care delivery, plus a transition-out period. This contract also includes incentives and performance guarantees. The transition-in period begins Feb. 1, 2023. This contract was procured utilizing competitive source selection and two offers were received. The Defense Health Agency’s Managed Care Contracting Division, Aurora, Colorado, will administer the contract (HT940223C0002).

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