Contract Award: CHRISTUS Health (Irving, Texas) – $142,501,235

CHRISTUS Health, Irving, Texas, was awarded a $142,501,235 fixed-price, commercial contract (HT9402-23-C-0005) to provide comprehensive health care services through a managed care plan, the Uniformed Services Family Health Plan, to approximately 10,000 eligible uniformed services beneficiaries in their designated geographical area. The services to be provided include management of provider networks, medical management, enrollment, customer services and other related requirements. The base period runs from Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, with nine one-year option periods. No funding will be obligated at time of award, but fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance and Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund funding will be obligated when made available. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 1073, Sections 722 (b) (1) and (2), and 726 (b) and (c). The Defense Health Agency, Managed Care Contracting Division, Aurora, Colorado, is the contracting activity.