Although OPM has selected carriers that will participate in the Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Plan—what will be called FEDVIP—many details of the coverage remain to be announced. There will be seven carriers of dental benefits and three carriers of vision benefits, in some cases the same companies that offer health benefits under the FEHB program. However, the two programs will operate separately; enrollment in one will not affect enrollment in the other. In its bid solicitation, OPM outlined general areas of coverage it wanted in both types of benefits but left room for variation, as it does with the FEHB program. Also still to be seen is how benefits under the new program will coordinate with the offerings available under FEHB. An educational program will precede the open season for choosing benefits that will run concurrent with the FEHB open season this fall.