The Defense Health Agency is seeking proposals for a potential $300 million multiple-award contract to support the deployment of enterprise health IT systems under the Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems.
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According to DHA’s solicitation posted on SAM.gov on Monday, awardees will compete for task orders covering deployment, training, change management and sustainment support for DHMS platforms such as MHS GENESIS and operational medicine environments. The IDIQ consists of a one-year base and four one-year option periods.
What Makes the DHMS Requirement Different?
Unlike prior efforts focused on development, the contract requirements center on executing deployments at scale, including integration into fixed medical facilities and forward-deployed environments.
The performance work statement emphasizes end-to-end deployment responsibility, requiring contractors to manage the full life cycle from planning through operational handoff.
Scope includes site preparation, system configuration, secure data migration, integration with medical devices and networks, and transition to sustainment teams. The objective is to deliver fully operational systems with minimal disruption to care and seamless data exchange across all care roles.
How Complex Are the Deployments?
The IDIQ spans global and operational environments, including large overseas hospitals, distributed clinics and deployed medical units, and those in disconnected, intermittent and low-bandwidth environments. It also calls for low-to-no-touch deployment approaches to enable remote implementation in austere environments.
What Role Do Training and Adoption Play?
User enablement is a core component of the contract. Vendors will be required to develop and deliver role-based training programs across a global user base using a mix of in-person, virtual and self-paced methods. The effort includes training “super users,” supporting ongoing instruction and measuring user proficiency.
The solicitation also emphasizes change management, including stakeholder engagement and communications strategies to drive adoption and reduce disruption.
What Are the Proposal Requirements and Industry Context?
Proposals must be submitted by Wednesday, April 15. Offerors are required to clearly indicate whether designated government support contractors may access proprietary information submitted as part of their proposals. Those support contractors include Boston Consulting Group, Swing Tide, Andrew Morgan Consulting, Greenlight Analytic and Monterey Consultants.
The opportunity builds on DHA’s ongoing use of multiple-award vehicles to support its health IT portfolio. In 2022, the agency awarded a $1.43 billion IDIQ contract to six companies — including BCG Federal, Capgemini Government Solutions and Deloitte Consulting — to advance modernization efforts for PEO DHMS.
More recently, DHA awarded American Systems a $26.7 million contract to provide DevSecOps, testing infrastructure and operational support services tied to DHMS platforms, including the MHS GENESIS electronic health record system.
