TRICARE Dental Program 7/Third Party Administrator Industry Forumview on SAM.gov

***Update as of July 15, 2026*** Please see separate sam.gov posting for information regarding TDP7 1:1s: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/47187eeb361e4a11b74c7b2cffa7e561/view ***Update as of April 23, 2026*** The Attachments section has been updated with government responses to industry questions following the one-on-one sessions for TPA. Please continue to monitor sam.gov for updates regarding the future TDP-7 industry one-on-ones. ***Update as of February 9, 2026*** Third Party Administrator for the Seventh Generation TRICARE Dental Program Contracts 1. Description The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is hosting virtual one-on-one meetings to gather information from industry through an open exchange of information to be used by the DHA in support of continuous market research in the development of the Third Party Administrator (TPA) acquisition strategy and requirements. The DHA desires to identify, to the maximum extent possible, commercial best practices in execution of these services. Dates: March 10 and 11, 2026 Time: 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM MST, daily, each session will be 1 hour in length Where: This event will be held virtually, through Microsoft Teams At this time, the DHA is conducting one-on-ones with interested PRIME TPA contractors only. A separate announcement will be posted to sam.gov in the future for one-on-one sessions with interested prime contractors for the seventh generation TRICARE Dental Program (TDP-7) contracts. The DHA also intends to hold an industry forum with both TPA and TDP-7 interested parties further along in the acquisition process. 2. TPA Contract Overview The DHA expects to contract with two to four dental insurance carriers to deliver the TDP-7 requirements. The National Defense Authorization Act for FY23 (NDAA 2023) mandates that DHA contract with a TPA to manage the administrative features of the premium sharing plans in TDP-7 including eligibility, enrollment, plan changes, premium payment processes, reconciliation, submission of qualifying life events, and address changes for eligible TRICARE beneficiaries. The “Attachments/Links” section below includes an anticipated, draft work breakdown structure for the TPA as well as a copy of the performance work statement (PWS) from the prior TDP-6 solicitation. The government is interested in industry feedback regarding the TPA requirements and potential commercial best practices the Agency could leverage in executing the TPA. These one-on-one sessions will be used to discuss company capabilities as well as the expected work breakdown structure. 3. Responses RSVPs to the one-on-one industry forum must be completed utilizing the link below by 4:00PM MST February 20, 2026. Requested discussion topics and any presentation materials must be submitted by 4:00PM MST February 27, 2026, to the following points of contact: Kristin Moore: kristin.m.moore13.civ@health.mil Dylan Shick: dylan.b.shick.civ@health.mil THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL POSTING. This posting is issued s…