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TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) 2028 DRAFT Request for Proposal (RFP) HT9402-25-RFI-0219

Solicitation HT9402-25-RFI-0219 Copied Notice ID 448aef4bab964bc59ac741c5edfc1afb Copied DEPT OF DEFENSE — DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY (DHA)
SAM.gov
Posted
Oct 27, 2025
Deadline
Sep 24, 2025
Set-aside
NONE
NAICS
524114
PSC
Q201

Summary

AI-generated · Sep 04, 2025

Provide TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) services in locations outside the U.S. to supplement overseas military medical facilities when capacity is insufficient. The draft RFP envisions a single-award, predominantly fixed-price contract covering the creation and maintenance of private healthcare networks, TRICARE eligibility verification and enrollment, customer service and call center support, clinical operations, beneficiary and provider education and marketing, claims processing and coding, medically necessary evacuations, translation services, and collection of medical documentation. The contract would include a 1-year base period for transition-in, eight 1-year option periods for health care delivery, a 1-year transition-out period, and a potential 6-month extension of services, for a total potential duration of up to 10 years and 6 months.

This notice is for information and planning only, not a solicitation. DHA is seeking industry feedback and recommendations on the TOP requirements described in the attached draft RFP, to incorporate best practices, new technologies, and incentives. Interested parties may submit questions or comments to the designated contracting officer and clinical program manager by the stated deadline, using the specified subject references. If a solicitation is issued, source selection will follow FAR procedures, and future updates will be posted on sam.gov.

DoD, through the Defense Health Agency (DHA), is responsible for providing TRICARE health care services to eligible beneficiaries in locations outside the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. To accomplish this mission, the TOP contract supplements services that the direct care system provides to Active-Duty Service Members (ADSMs) and certain Active-Duty Family Members (ADFMs) in overseas military medical treatment facility (MTF) locations. While most TRICARE beneficiaries overseas receive care at MTFs, demand often exceeds MTF capacity, and many beneficiaries reside in remote locations without MTF access. The DoD uses the TOP contract to supplement MTF capabilities and provide healthcare in remote locations. This mission currently is accomplished through the third-generation TOP contract (TOP 2021), which provides comprehensive health care support services, including developing and maintaining private sector networks; completing TRICARE eligibility verification and enrollment; providing customer service and call center support, clinical operations, beneficiary and provider education and marketing, claims processing and coding, medically necessary evacuations (medevacs) and translation services; and collecting medical documentation. The DHA is contemplating a new single-award, predominately fixed-price TOP services contract. The DHA anticipates that the contract will include a 1-year base period for transition-in, eight 1-year option periods for health care delivery, a 1-year transition-out period, and a potential 6-month extension of services permitted per FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for a potential total allowable period of performance of 10 years and 6 months. As part of ongoing market research (following Requests for Information from June 06, 2024, and July 26, 2024), potential offerors are invited to review the attached DRAFT RFP documents and submit questions or comments via email to Mr. Matt Anderson, Contracting Officer at matthew.l.anderson18.civ@health.mil and Dawn Ruther, Clinical Program Manager at dawn.r.ruther.civ@health.mil, not later than 4:00 pm MT, September 24, 2025. Please include the following in the subject line: DRAFT TOP HT9402-24-RFI-0219. DHA seeks industry feedback and recommendations on its approach and description of the TOP requirements in the attached DRAFT RFP. DHA will consider industry s comments to make revisions, ensuring the Government has realistic requirements and incorporates industry best practices, new technologies, innovative alternatives and potential capabilities into the final specifications and performance work statement. DHA may incorporate industry expertise, best practices and incentives to ensure high-quality healthcare support services to TRICARE beneficiaries within the statutory and regulatory limitations governing this entitlement program. Using the attached TOP Draft RFP Questions file, identify the DRAFT RFP document and cite relevant paragraphs to submit relevant questions or comments via email to Mr. Anderson by 4:00 p.m. MT on September 24, 2025. Please state "DRAFT TOP HT9402-25-RFI-0219" in the email subject line. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is NOT a solicitation. DHA makes no commitment to issue a solicitation and reserves all acquisition options. Do not submit proposals or contact other individuals about this notice or the TOP requirements. All information provided to DHA is strictly voluntary, without compensation, and at no cost to the Government. If a solicitation is issued, DHA will conduct source selection per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15, as supplemented, at the Managed Care Contracting Division (MCCD), in Aurora, Colorado. Any future information on this acquisition will be posted on www.sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to review this site regularly for updates and/or changes.

From Special Notice posted on Sep 03, 2025

RFI AMENDMENT 1: This RFI is amended to include requests for Industry one-on-one meetings wth the DHA. The Government's intent is to hold one-on-one meetings with interested parties to discuss the DRAFT RFP in further detail and gauge the capabilities of the marketplace. Interested industry respondents may request a one-on-one meeting with the DHA by including the request for a one-on-one meeting in the initial response with the included "TOP Draft RFP Questions". If a one-on-one meeting is requested, please include a point of contact (name, title, address, phone and email) whom DHA can contact regarding the schedule information for the one-on-one meeting. The firm's point of contact will also need to provide a list of the firm's attendees' names, titles, e-mail address, and phone number via e-mail. DHA will respond with a date a time for the meeting to take place. One-on-one meetings are not mandatory. An interested industry respondent may elect to only submit questions and comments as directed below without a one-on-one meeting. The due date of 4:00pm MT on September 24, 2025 has not changed. DoD, through the Defense Health Agency (DHA), is responsible for providing TRICARE health care services to eligible beneficiaries in locations outside the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. To accomplish this mission, the TOP contract supplements services that the direct care system provides to Active-Duty Service Members (ADSMs) and certain Active-Duty Family Members (ADFMs) in overseas military medical treatment facility (MTF) locations. While most TRICARE beneficiaries overseas receive care at MTFs, demand often exceeds MTF capacity, and many beneficiaries reside in remote locations without MTF access. The DoD uses the TOP contract to supplement MTF capabilities and provide healthcare in remote locations. This mission currently is accomplished through the third-generation TOP contract (TOP 2021), which provides comprehensive health care support services, including developing and maintaining private sector networks; completing TRICARE eligibility verification and enrollment; providing customer service and call center support, clinical operations, beneficiary and provider education and marketing, claims processing and coding, medically necessary evacuations (medevacs) and translation services; and collecting medical documentation. The DHA is contemplating a new single-award, predominately fixed-price TOP services contract. The DHA anticipates that the contract will include a 1-year base period for transition-in, eight 1-year option periods for health care delivery, a 1-year transition-out period, and a potential 6-month extension of services permitted per FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for a potential total allowable period of performance of 10 years and 6 months. As part of ongoing market research (following Requests for Information from June 06, 2024, and July 26, 2024), potential offerors are invited to review the attached DRAFT RFP documents and submit questions or comments via email to Mr. Matt Anderson, Contracting Officer at matthew.l.anderson18.civ@health.mil and Dawn Ruther, Clinical Program Manager at dawn.r.ruther.civ@health.mil, not later than 4:00 pm MT, September 24, 2025. Please include the following in the subject line: DRAFT TOP HT9402-24-RFI-0219. DHA seeks industry feedback and recommendations on its approach and description of the TOP requirements in the attached DRAFT RFP. DHA will consider industry s comments to make revisions, ensuring the Government has realistic requirements and incorporates industry best practices, new technologies, innovative alternatives and potential capabilities into the final specifications and performance work statement. DHA may incorporate industry expertise, best practices and incentives to ensure high-quality healthcare support services to TRICARE beneficiaries within the statutory and regulatory limitations governing this entitlement program. Using the attached TOP Draft RFP Questions file, identify the DRAFT RFP document and cite relevant paragraphs to submit relevant questions or comments via email to Matthew Anderson and Dawn Ruther by 4:00 p.m. MT on September 24, 2025. Please state "DRAFT TOP HT9402-25-RFI-0219" in the email subject line. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is NOT a solicitation. DHA makes no commitment to issue a solicitation and reserves all acquisition options. Do not submit proposals or contact other individuals about this notice or the TOP requirements. All information provided to DHA is strictly voluntary, without compensation, and at no cost to the Government. If a solicitation is issued, DHA will conduct source selection per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15, as supplemented, at the Managed Care Contracting Division (MCCD), in Aurora, Colorado. Any future information on this acquisition will be posted on www.sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to review this site regularly for updates and/or changes.

From Special Notice posted on Sep 05, 2025

RFI UPDATE October 27, 2025. Responses to DRAFT RFP questions were posted in the attached document titled TOP 2028 Responses to DRAFT RFP questions RFI AMENDMENT 1: This RFI is amended to include requests for Industry one-on-one meetings wth the DHA. The Government's intent is to hold one-on-one meetings with interested parties to discuss the DRAFT RFP in further detail and gauge the capabilities of the marketplace. Interested industry respondents may request a one-on-one meeting with the DHA by including the request for a one-on-one meeting in the initial response with the included "TOP Draft RFP Questions". If a one-on-one meeting is requested, please include a point of contact (name, title, address, phone and email) whom DHA can contact regarding the schedule information for the one-on-one meeting. The firm's point of contact will also need to provide a list of the firm's attendees' names, titles, e-mail address, and phone number via e-mail. DHA will respond with a date a time for the meeting to take place. One-on-one meetings are not mandatory. An interested industry respondent may elect to only submit questions and comments as directed below without a one-on-one meeting. The due date of 4:00pm MT on September 24, 2025 has not changed. DoD, through the Defense Health Agency (DHA), is responsible for providing TRICARE health care services to eligible beneficiaries in locations outside the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. To accomplish this mission, the TOP contract supplements services that the direct care system provides to Active-Duty Service Members (ADSMs) and certain Active-Duty Family Members (ADFMs) in overseas military medical treatment facility (MTF) locations. While most TRICARE beneficiaries overseas receive care at MTFs, demand often exceeds MTF capacity, and many beneficiaries reside in remote locations without MTF access. The DoD uses the TOP contract to supplement MTF capabilities and provide healthcare in remote locations. This mission currently is accomplished through the third-generation TOP contract (TOP 2021), which provides comprehensive health care support services, including developing and maintaining private sector networks; completing TRICARE eligibility verification and enrollment; providing customer service and call center support, clinical operations, beneficiary and provider education and marketing, claims processing and coding, medically necessary evacuations (medevacs) and translation services; and collecting medical documentation. The DHA is contemplating a new single-award, predominately fixed-price TOP services contract. The DHA anticipates that the contract will include a 1-year base period for transition-in, eight 1-year option periods for health care delivery, a 1-year transition-out period, and a potential 6-month extension of services permitted per FAR Clause 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services, for a potential total allowable period of performance of 10 years and 6 months. As part of ongoing market research (following Requests for Information from June 06, 2024, and July 26, 2024), potential offerors are invited to review the attached DRAFT RFP documents and submit questions or comments via email to Mr. Matt Anderson, Contracting Officer at matthew.l.anderson18.civ@health.mil and Dawn Ruther, Clinical Program Manager at dawn.r.ruther.civ@health.mil, not later than 4:00 pm MT, September 24, 2025. Please include the following in the subject line: DRAFT TOP HT9402-24-RFI-0219. DHA seeks industry feedback and recommendations on its approach and description of the TOP requirements in the attached DRAFT RFP. DHA will consider industry s comments to make revisions, ensuring the Government has realistic requirements and incorporates industry best practices, new technologies, innovative alternatives and potential capabilities into the final specifications and performance work statement. DHA may incorporate industry expertise, best practices and incentives to ensure high-quality healthcare support services to TRICARE beneficiaries within the statutory and regulatory limitations governing this entitlement program. Using the attached TOP Draft RFP Questions file, identify the DRAFT RFP document and cite relevant paragraphs to submit relevant questions or comments via email to Matthew Anderson and Dawn Ruther by 4:00 p.m. MT on September 24, 2025. Please state "DRAFT TOP HT9402-25-RFI-0219" in the email subject line. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is NOT a solicitation. DHA makes no commitment to issue a solicitation and reserves all acquisition options. Do not submit proposals or contact other individuals about this notice or the TOP requirements. All information provided to DHA is strictly voluntary, without compensation, and at no cost to the Government. If a solicitation is issued, DHA will conduct source selection per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15, as supplemented, at the Managed Care Contracting Division (MCCD), in Aurora, Colorado. Any future information on this acquisition will be posted on www.sam.gov. It is the responsibility of the prospective offeror to review this site regularly for updates and/or changes.

From Special Notice posted on Oct 27, 2025

Notice history

3
  1. Special Notice Posted Sep 03, 2025 View
  2. Special Notice Posted Sep 05, 2025
    • Description: Description was updated
  3. Special Notice LATEST Posted Oct 27, 2025
    • Description: Description was updated

Details

Solicitation number HT9402-25-RFI-0219
Notice ID 448aef4bab964bc59ac741c5edfc1afb
Notice type Special Notice
Product / Service (PSC) Q201
NAICS 524114
Set-aside No Set aside used
Place of performance USA
Archive date Feb 27, 2026

Award Information

Not yet awarded

Contacts

primary
Matthew Anderson, Contracting Officer

Email

Phone

secondary
Dawn Ruther, Clinical Program Manager

Email

Phone

Agency

DEPT OF DEFENSE
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY (DHA)

Place of Performance


USA

Dates

Posted Oct 27, 2025 9 months ago
Last Updated Aug 06, 2026 1 day ago
Due Sep 24, 2025 10 months ago