McKinsey and Co., Washington, D.C., was awarded a $7,775,770 firm-fixed-price contract (HT9402-23-C-0010) on a sole source basis to provide readiness analytics support. The contractor shall support the Defense Health Agency (DHA) with cost and performance management services built around the guiding principles of applying relevant leading practices for decision support with data analysis and consulting services to evaluate effectiveness of Defense Health Program appropriations and Military Health System policies. This includes delivering early insights to provide initial cost transparency upfront, gaining buy-in for change, validating the approach, and prioritizing people, process, and technology changes that can be implemented strategically. This includes financial, audit, accounting, and data analytics support services centered on DHA governance priorities, to include (but not limited to) policy performance via a discrete modeling and interpretive analysis of policy measurements along with other DHA priority focus areas such as private sector care cost modeling and analysis. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds were obligated at the time of award. Place of performance is Falls Church, Virginia. Period of performance is Sept. 30, 2023, to Sept. 29, 2024. Defense Health Agency, Managed Care Contracting Division, Aurora, Colorado, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Sept. 29, 2023)