Q702--Allentown Outpatient Clinic IOT&A

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration

Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC)

September 16, 2025

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of the Allentown Outpatient Clinic.

100% SDVOSB SET ASIDE

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to solicit quotes to provide non-personal Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation (IOT&A) services for the Allentown Outpatient Clinic. This requirement supports VHA's mission by providing contractor support services to help bring the facility into full planned operations that will provide health care services to Veterans. This will be a firm-fixed-price contract with an estimated Period of Performance of (37) thirty-seven months.

Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center has been approved for a major lease to create an expanded service opportunity for Veteran health care. Allentown CBOC this project proposes to lease a new outpatient clinic in Allentown, PA. This project will replace the existing Allentown CBOC on Hamilton Blvd and the Mental Health Clinic at Ceder Crest Blvd. The project expands access to both Primary Care and Mental Health services, as well as a wide range of specialty care services for veterans. This project is approximately 51,355 net usable square feet (NUSF) and 600 parking spaces.

This requirement will be set-aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) using FAR Part 12, 13 and 37. To be eligible for an SDVOSB set aside under VA s Veterans First Contracting Program, SDVOSBs must:

be verified by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as SDVOSB (see https://www.veterans.certify.sba.gov/ for details)

and

meet the small business size standard for NAICS 541614.

The solicitation is anticipated to be posted on Contract Opportunities for download on or about 17 November 2025. Potential offerors are advised that there may be truncated response time on the solicitation that will follow this Pre-Solicitation notice. Anticipated closing date of the solicitation will be 15 December 2025. Solicitation initial posting date and the closing date are subject to change as necessary.

Any questions for this Pre-solicitation notice should be sent via e-mail to both Michele.Laser@va.gov and Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted.

This Pre-Solicitation notice does not constitute a request for proposals.

P.O.C: Michele.Laser@va.gov, Contract Specialist

Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov, Contracting Officer