Q702--Baton Rouge IOTA Contract

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Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC)

August 28, 2025
PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of the Baton Rouge Outpatient Clinic (OPC).

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 Baton Rouge Outpatient Clinic (OPC) Activation. 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 (40) forty 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 parent facilities, such as VA New Orleans, Louisiana, are working with VA Office of Real Property and other support offices to secure award of leases to developers who want to create the site of care for VA use. Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System has been approved for a major lease to create an expanded service opportunity for Veteran health care. Baton Rouge OPC This project proposes to lease approximately 87,878 net usable square feet. The facility will consolidate and expand the care currently provided at the existing Baton Rouge North and South Facilities for replacement of Outpatient Clinics in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, LA. The clinic will allow an expansion to the current footprint as well as added new services.

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 1 September 2025 or thereafter. Potential offerors are advised that there may be truncated response time on the solicitation that will follow this Pre-Solicitation notice. The anticipated closing date of the solicitation will be in September 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 Rachel.Yallech@va.gov and Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov. No telephone requests/questions will be accepted.

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

P.O.C: Rachel.Yallech@va.gov, Contract Specialist
Mercedes.Blanton@va.gov, Contracting Officer

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