High desert VET center

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 is seeking to lease space for a Veteran Center facility in Victorville, California. The VA requires between 4,362 and 4,580 assignable square feet located within a delineated geographic area bounded by Palmdale Road/Green Tree Boulevard to the north, Peach/Ridgecrest Road/Bear Valley Road to the east, Ranchero Road in Hesperia to the south, and 405 Baldy Mesa Road to the west. Critical facility requirements include a minimum of 20 on-site parking spaces with at least three ADA-compliant spaces, compliance with all federal and local fire safety, accessibility, seismic, and sustainability standards, and a fully serviced lease arrangement. Properties must be located outside the 100-year flood plain and cannot be situated within one-quarter mile of liquor establishments, cannabis dispensaries, methadone clinics, drug/alcohol treatment centers, correctional facilities, firearms establishments, railroad tracks, or flight paths. Prospective lessors must submit property information including owner contact details, location maps, flood plain documentation, and site plans by 4:00 PM CST on March 18, 2026, to Ralph Crump at Ralph.Crump@va.gov with the subject line "36C24W26R0036, High Desert Vet Center."

The requirement carries no set-aside designation in this Pre-solicitation Notice, though Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) firms are invited to participate, and a VOSB set-aside may be applied if two or more VOSB firms respond per 38 USC 8127. The anticipated construction and buildout costs range between $250,000 and $500,000, with the VA agreeing to make monthly rental payments in arrears upon facility acceptance and potentially electing either a single lump-sum payment or amortization of tenant improvements over the firm lease term. The lease term is structured for 20 years with termination rights available after 10 years. This opportunity falls under NAICS code 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) with a $41.5 million small business size standard, and is classified under PSC category X1AA (Lease/Rental of Office Buildings).