Q -- TRICARE Overseas Program 08

This special notice is a request for information (RFI). The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from potential offerors, industry representatives, Government agencies, and other interested parties on a draft solicitation. Department of Defense, TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is planning the follow-on acquisition to the TRICARE Global Remote Overseas contracts. TMA requests and encourages feedback on all areas of the requirement and draft solicitation, particularly input from small businesses and non-incumbents. The draft solicitation is available electronically on the TMA website under Industry Forums. To obtain a copy of the draft solicitation, go to http://www.tricare.mil/contracting/healthcare/industryforum/ and click on Reference Number RFI-TOP 08. Paper copies of the draft solicitation will not be provided. Comments from interested parties will be accepted for approximately 30 calendar days after the posting date. To submit your input, please utilize the E-Mail Questions to the Contracting Officer link on the Industry Forum web page, then click on Comments on Draft RFP. No phone calls will be accepted. Due to time constraints, and to encourage a free flow of ideas from industry, TMA does not plan to respond directly or to post comments on the web site. However, each comment will be considered carefully in developing the formal solicitation. It is anticipated that the final solicitation will be issued in late fall 2007 following a sources sought notice. The TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) is the Department of Defense (DoD) program for the delivery of health care services Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS). TOP blends many of the features of the TRICARE program in the Continental United States (CONUS) while allowing for significant cultural differences unique to health care practices and services in foreign countries. The OCONUS healthcare source/contractor shall assist the TRICARE Overseas Program (TOP) Regional Director, TRICARE Area Office (TAO) Directors, and Military Treatment Facility (MTF) Commanders in operating an integrated health care delivery system which effectively combines the resources of the military direct medical care system with the contractor support services. TOP provides health care coverage for all OCONUS beneficiaries, including Active Duty Service Members (ADSMs), eligible Reserve Component (RC) personnel, Active Duty Family Members (ADFMs) including family members of eligible RC personnel), retired military and their respective family members, and transitional survivors.