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Action completed: award of contract and initiation of Option Period Two.
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Humana Government Business Inc. a contract valued at $7,342,637,605 to exercise Option Period Two under contract number HT9402-23-C-0001. This contract pertains to health care and administrative support services for the Defense Health Agency's TRICARE program in the East Region. The East Region includes Washington, D.C., and the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. (defense.gov) The contract's total potential value, including all transition and option periods, is estimated at $70,846,618,321. (defense.gov) Therefore, the statement is accurate.