Q -- CENTRAL REPOSITORY OF PHARMACY INFORMATION WITH REALTIME DRUG-DRUG INTERACTION The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), TRICARE Management Activity (OASD(HA)is conducting market research to gather information concerning the capabilities of commercial organizations to implement, operate and support a central repository of eligible beneficiary prescription information. The offeror must be a direct services Claims processor, and be able to handle the requirements of the entire DoD pharmacy network that includes approximately 59 million prescriptioins written annually in DoD Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs), as well as a projected annual workload of 1.5 million prescriptions in the National Mail Order Pharmacy (NMOP) program. The current volume of prescriptions filled in other TRICARE network and non-network pharmacies is not known. The central repository must be capable of 1) storing prescription data from multiple points of distribution and/or pharmaceutical care providers which include, but are not limited to (a) TRICARE network retail pharmacies, (b) non-network retail pharmacies, (c) the National Mail Order Pharmacy program, and (d) Military Medical Treatment Facilities, 2) allowing encrypted bi-directional transmission of data to multiple points of distribution and/or pharmaceutical care providers simultaneously, 3) maintain a minimum of 24 months of data and information on-line and 5 years of archived information that must be able to be retrieved within 48 hours. An offeror must be able to 1) maintain the central repository on their site, 2) have a disaster recovery plan with a designated and functioning recovery site at an alternate location, 3) be capable of providing on-line, real-time eligibility verification, 4) be capable of providing drug-drug interaction information and identification of duplicate drugs, 5) be capable of sending and receiving on-line, real-time encrypted NCPDP transactions eith DoD NMOP and MTFs, 6) have the ability to complete the active process in no more than 8 seconds, 7) be NCPDP compliant, 8) have the ability to produce standard and ad-hoc reports by multiple requesters based on security levels, 9) be capable of accepting DoD transmissions regarding medication profiles, ability to batch transmit data records to a DoD automated information system, capable of being certified and accredited at the C2 level of trust, and 10) maintain 7X24 help desk. This notice does not constitute an request for quotation. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or otherwise pay for any information or inquiry. All potential sources that may be interested in and capable of performing the work described herein are invited to contact LtCol Freda Facey or Ms. Kathy Thornburg at (703)681-1740 or via e-mail at Freda.Facey@tma.osd.mil to schedule a one hour presentation to DoD personnel between 8 and 11 September 1998. All potential sources should contact LtCol Facey or Ms. Thornburg for a presentation appointment date no later than 26 August 1998. E-MAIL: TRICARE Management Activity, Freda.Facey@tma.osd.mil. Posted 08/19/98 (W-SN239325).

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