Q702--The Villages, FL IOTA

Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) March 24, 2026 PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of The Villages, FL 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 Villages, FL Outpatient Clinic (OPC). This requirement supports VHA's mission by providing contractor support services to help bring the hospital 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 40-months. In Fiscal Year 2018, the United States Congress approved numerous major leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs to enhance services for Veterans. The North Florida/South Georgia VA Medical Center is working with VA Office of Real Property and other support offices to secure award of the leases to developers who want to create the site of care for VA use. The North Florida/South Georgia Healthcare System has been approved for a major lease to create an expanded service opportunity for Veteran health care, The Villages VA Outpatient Clinic. This project proposes to lease a new outpatient clinic in The Villages, FL. This project is approximately 140,144 net usable square foot (NUSF) in the vicinity of The Villages, FL, including 950 parking spaces. The clinic will expand on care currently provided at the existing The Villages VA Clinic lease and allow an expansion to the current footprint as well as added new for a decompression of the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Gainesville, FL. The lease would allow VA to enhance outpatient services by closing space gaps identified in the Strategic Capital Investment Planning (SCIP) process. The scope includes project support for planning, activating, outfitting, and transitioning the staff and Veterans/patients associated with the project. The scope of services includes Comprehensive Project Management, Comprehensive Interior Design, FF&E, and Space Planning Support; CONOPS, Transition Planning and Project Staffing Planning; Acquisition Support Services to include package development, Activation, Delivery, Relocation and Installation, Training, and Turnover and Post Occupancy Support for the identified project. This requirement will be set-aside 100% for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) using FAR Part 12 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://search.certifications.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 15 April 2026. 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 13 May 2026. 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 Katherine.Johnson6@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: Katherine.Johnson6@va.gov, Contract Specialist and Kathleen.Klotzbach@va.gov, Contracting Officer