X1DB--Replacement Lease for St. Louis County VA Clinic Old RLP #: 36C255-24-R-0006 NEW RLP #36C255-25-R-0080

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 15 is seeking to lease replacement space for the St. Louis County VA Clinic through a Request for Lease Proposals (RLP). The procurement involves leasing 30,305 rentable square feet yielding 22,448 ABOA square feet for a new Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) that will serve as a Dermatology and Diabetes Clinic with 158 rooms across multiple functional areas including patient care, laboratory medicine, physical medicine, and staff wellness spaces. The facility must meet Federal Security Level 3 (FSL 3) requirements, comply with seismic safety standards for high seismicity zones, achieve ENERGY STAR certification, and include 100 surface parking spaces with designated handicap accessibility. The government will evaluate proposals using a best value tradeoff process where technical factors are significantly more important than price, focusing on space quality, accessibility, financial capability, design and construction team experience, and past performance. The proposal submission deadline has been extended multiple times through three amendments, with the final due date of September 26, 2025, at 4:30 PM CST.

This solicitation is set aside exclusively for small business firms under NAICS code 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings). The lease structure includes a 10-year term with 7 years firm and 3 years soft, with an anticipated lease commencement date of September 1, 2026. The facility will accommodate 58 staff members and must be located within boundaries defined by Old Jamestown Road, I-270, Columbia Bottom Road, and Howdershell/Shackelford Road in St. Louis County, Missouri. The lease will include comprehensive tenant improvements, utilities, maintenance services, and must comply with prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act as outlined in the included wage determination. While specific award values are not disclosed, the procurement includes detailed cost structures for shell rent, operating costs, tenant improvements, and building-specific amortized capital costs, with the total annual rent to be determined based on successful offeror proposals.