jofoc-mexico - 5_Redacted.pdf

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (JOFOC) document for a real property lease acquisition by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 15.

The VA seeks to negotiate a succeeding lease for medical space at 3460 South Clark Street, Mexico, Missouri, currently occupied under lease number VA255-14-L-0145, expiring October 21, 2024. The requirement encompasses 13,050 assignable square feet (14,682 rentable square feet) for a ten-year term commencing October 22, 2024, to support the Mexico VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The facility must be located within a delineated geographic area defined by the intersection of State Route 22 with business State Route 54, extending east to State Route 54 and west to the Business State Route 54. The estimated annual cost is within a range, with a total contract value including tenant improvements (redacted in the document).

The VA justifies this non-competitive award under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), citing the sole source authority under GSAR 570.402 for succeeding leases where no other acceptable locations exist and substantial cost duplication would result from competition. Market research conducted on August 16, 2024, using CoStar and a SAM.gov advertisement posted August 19, 2024, identified only the incumbent lessor as a responsive source. Recent market analysis showed unserviced rental rates in the area ranging from $36.75 to $41.25 per rentable square foot. The incumbent lessor has demonstrated excellent past performance; the facility was completed in 2013 with Electronic Health Records Management system upgrades completed in 2022. The VA contracting officer certified that anticipated lease costs are fair and reasonable within current market ranges.