R799--EUL Support for Prospective Projects COR: Dustin Koonce

Introduction

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting offers and subsequently awarding a single, Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the Extended Use Lease Support For Prospective Projects (EUL SPP) contract for The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Asset Enterprise Management (OAEM).

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Asset Enterprise Management (OAEM), is planning to solicit a contractor to work with the EUL Project Managers in support of the EUL program by providing real property market and financial analysis through expertise in strategic technical support, and implementation management to enable the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accomplish EUL projects in a manner that maximizes available benefits to VA. The EUL Authority, Title 38 U.S.C. § 8161 et seq. allows the VA to outlease real property (available land, buildings, and other resources) to developers that will plan, design, finance, construct, and operate supportive housing and commercial use space that directly or indirectly benefits Veterans. EULs are long-term leases (up to 99 years) of real property under VA s jurisdiction of control to the public or private sector. This program is administrated by VA s Office of Asset Enterprise Management (OAEM).

This PWS focuses on selecting a contractor and its team to evaluate existing VA real property assets for potential development enabling the construction of permanent supportive housing and for commercial use that directly or indirectly benefits Veterans.

The scope of this Firm Fixed Price contract for services is to evaluate potential reuse options of underutilized land and buildings that can be developed into permanent supportive housing for Veterans and/or for commercial use that directly or indirectly benefits Veterans. In order for VA to understand the potential of these real estate deals and the associated risks the use of consultants and experts are needed. The selected contractor will be responsible for analyzing potential public-private ventures to create potential supportive housing projects and commercial use properties in various identified locations.

Administrative

The solicitation will be issued as a Request For Quote (RFQ) conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12 and will be evaluated in accordance with the procedures listed in the solicitation. The solicitation will be advertised as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside. Offers received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. The applicable NAICS code is 541611 with a size standard of $24.5 million. The solicitation will be issued on or about August 23, 2024. The period of performance is approximately 365 calendar days from the Contract Award Date. This notice is not a request for competitive offers.

At this time, no solicitation exists; therefore, please DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in SAM.Gov at SAM.gov | Contract Opportunities. It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.

Point of Contact

All input and questions regarding this Pre-Solicitation Notice should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Steve Mock at steven.mock@va.gov.