Disability Evaluation System (DES)

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is seeking sources to provide support for the Disability Evaluation System (DES) program. The contractor will be responsible for providing professional, administrative, and management support activities for the DES and associated programs. This includes tasks such as strategic planning, policy development, operational monitoring, data analysis, and quality assurance. The contractor will also provide administrative support, including meeting planning and coordination, and maintaining rosters and suspense logs. • The DES is the mechanism DoD uses for determining fitness for duty, separation, or retirement of Service members because of disability. • The contractor will provide support to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Health Services and Policy Oversight (HSP&O) and the Director (DHA) in their missions of policy and program development and oversight of the DES. • The contractor will also provide administrative and records management support to the DHA office located in Falls Church, Virginia. • The contractor will be required to provide experience with DoD 5110.4-M, NRMP Directive M-12-18, DoDM 1332.18 Volume 2, Medical Evaluation Board, Physical Evaluation Board, SCAADL, and Veteran’s Tracking Application (VTA). • The contractor will be required to demonstrate experience with reviewing current records management programs and making recommendations to the government records custodian.