TriWest Healthcare Wins $6.8B Defense Health Agency TRICARE West Contract

TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded $6,812,165,714 to exercise Option Period Two under contract HT940223C0002 (inclusive of adjustments to estimated health care costs, as a result of change orders accomplished during the implementation phase of contract performance; adjustments to managed care support services costs due to the protest delay contract shift; and the economic price adjustment for Option Period Two) for health care and administrative support services in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) TRICARE program in the West Region. The contractor will assist DHA 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 was awarded Dec. 22, 2022, with a 12-month base period (transition-in) and eight one-year option periods, plus a transition-out period. The option year period of performance is Jan. 1, 2026, to Dec. 31, 2026. The place of performance is Phoenix, Arizona. DHA’s Managed Care Contracting Division, Aurora, Colorado, is the contracting activity.