Q702--Allentown Outpatient Clinic IOT&A

The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center Austin is procuring Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation (IOT&A) services to support the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center's Allentown Outpatient Clinic Major Lease Activation under solicitation 36C77625Q0289. The contracted services encompass eight primary tasks including comprehensive project management, interior design and furniture/fixtures/equipment (FF&E) planning, concept of operations and transition planning, acquisition planning and package development, personnel file relocation, activation services with post-occupancy support, staff training and orientation, and optional warehousing management services. Key requirements include establishing an Activation Integrated Master Schedule, maintaining project documentation on a Government-provided SharePoint site, managing change control processes, developing FF&E specifications and procurement packages, and providing post-occupancy support through June 10, 2029. The Government will evaluate proposals on best-value basis considering key personnel qualifications (pass/fail criterion), technical approach and labor mix adequacy, past performance on similar federal contracts, and price reasonableness. The deadline for submitting technical questions was February 5, 2026, quotations are due March 2, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST, and the contract performance period begins May 11, 2026.

This solicitation is a 100% set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) with no incumbent contractor identified. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed-price acquisition with a $20 million budget ceiling across a 37-month base period, with an optional 10-month warehousing task. The project involves approximately 51,355 net usable square feet at the Government facility located at 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with the objective of completing all IOT&A activities by May 24, 2029, the targeted first day of clinical services. Key personnel must meet specific qualifications, including an IOTA Activation Project Manager with minimum seven years of project management experience and five years in IOT&A healthcare facilities, an IOTA Senior Designer with five years of healthcare facility design experience and NCIDQ or CHID certification, and an IOTA Senior Transition Planner with three years of transition planning experience. Contractors must comply with prevailing wage determinations for Pennsylvania Counties of Lehigh and Northampton and maintain performance quality metrics including not more than one Contracting Officer's Representative-validated complaint per quarter and 95% compliance with the approved Quality Control Plan.