Exhibit AB - VA Provision Addendum Alternate Protest Procedure - Real Property Lease Procurements.pdf

This document is a VA Provision Addendum to the GSA Template 3516/3516A - Solicitation Provisions, which provides an alternative protest procedure for real property lease procurements. The addendum allows interested parties to file a protest directly with the Executive Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management at the Department of Veterans Affairs, as an alternative to filing with the Lease Contracting Officer. The protest will not be considered if the interested party has a pending protest on the same or similar issue(s) with the Lease Contracting Officer.

The related federal contract opportunity is for the lease of up to 29,906 Rentable Square Feet (RSF), yielding 22,153 Net Usable Square Feet (NUSF), for a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Beaver County, PA. The solicitation number is 36C24424R0037, and the contracting agency is the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 4. Questions regarding this solicitation must be submitted in writing by August 30, 2024, and answers will be provided as an amendment to the Request for Lease Proposal (RLP).