Q702--Cookeville IOTA

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration

Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC)

April 25, 2025

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of the Cookeville Community Based 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 Cookeville Community Based 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 (33) thirty-three months.

The Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) has received Congressional approval to expand and improve access and healthcare services to Veterans. TVHS is working with Construction and Facility Management along with Office of Property Management to secure award of construction of build to suit clinical spaces in several cities in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky to answer this call. TVHS has received approval for procurement of clinical space in the Cookeville, TN area. This Community Based Outpatient Clinic will offer primary, specialty, mental health, and additional services to Veterans in the Cookeville area. The clinic will be approximately 45,000 net usable square feet and will greatly improve access and services in the area.

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 8 May 2025 or thereafter. 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 in June 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 Lejane.baker@va.gov and Kathleen.Klotzbach@va.gov. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted.

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

P.O.C: Lejane.baker@va.gov, Contract Specialist

Kathleen.Klotzbach@va.gov, Contracting Officer