Solicitation
VHA seeking 20,250 RSF for a Community Based Outreach Clinic in Twin Falls, ID
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regional Procurement Office West, wants to lease 20,250 rentable square feet (RSF) in Twin Falls, Idaho, for a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific, and initial offers go by email to three VA contracting staff. The lease term is in a part of the request for lease proposals (RLP) that was not read. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
This summary may miss requirements: 14 of 26 attachments weren't read (Exhibit 02a2. Appendix A2 - Lease Design Narrative LDN.pdf, Exhibit 07. GSA 1217 - Lessor's Annual Cost Statement.pdf and 12 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Regional Procurement Office West, wants to lease 20,250 rentable square feet (RSF) in Twin Falls, Idaho, for a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can bid. The response due date is November 10, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific, and initial offers go by email to three VA contracting staff. The lease term is in a part of the request for lease proposals (RLP) that was not read.
Who can bid
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); the lease is set aside for SDVOSB firms only.
- Affirm that the offeror intends to perform the lease and to obtain fee simple title (full ownership) of the property in the offeror's own name, free of encumbrances.
How to submit: Email to JEFFREY.DEERING@VA.GOV, DEBORAH.GREER@VA.GOV and CHRISTINA.WOLF@VA.GOV. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Only SDVOSB firms can bid. This lease is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; other firms cannot receive the award.
- Serious: Offeror must own, or intend to own, the property. The offeror must affirm it will obtain fee simple title (full ownership) in its own name; a firm without a path to owning a suitable building cannot make this affirmation.
- Worth checking: Only firms in the competitive range go on to negotiate. Offers are first rated, then only the firms VA puts in the competitive range may revise their offers; other firms are notified in writing and drop out.
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- Worth checking: Cultural Resources Study Report due with the initial offer. VA says the report is a required submittal with the initial offer, and that it is needed if the proposal involves new construction, build-to-suit, demolition or significant ground-disturbing work.
- Worth checking: Construction wage rules for new construction. Amendment No. 2 points to the Department of Labor wage determination in RLP Exhibit 10 (New Construction); the exhibits, including Exhibit 10a Twin Falls County Wages, are attached but not read.
- Worth checking: Clinic build-out and healthcare design standards. The lessor provides the design and construction of the clinic to VHA standards, with an interior designer holding NCIDQ certification and healthcare experience, which is a large job for a small firm.
- Worth checking: Room counts in Agency Requirements do not match. Several items give a word and a different number, such as three (21) PACT exam rooms; ask the contracting officer for the correct room counts before pricing the build-out.
- Minor: Response due date moved by amendments. Amendment No. 1 set the response due date at October 27, 2026; Amendment No. 2 replaces it with November 10, 2026, 4:00 PM PT, and the RLP cover page still shows 09/18/2026.
- Minor: Tenant improvement section numbers differ. Amendment No. 2 cites section 3.07 for the tenant improvement allowance, but the RLP's table of contents lists 3.07 as deleted and puts tenant improvements in 3.05. Ask the contracting officer which governs.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 14 of 26 not read. Show which files.
- 00. A. Twin Falls RLP - Amendment No. 1.pdf (read)
- 00. A. Twin Falls RLP - Amendment No. 2.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 02a4. VA CBOC IT Systems Specifications_v05.23.pdf (read)
- 00. TWIN FALLS Global Request for Lease Proposal (RLP).pdf (read)
- Exhibit 16. A-E Questionnaire SF330.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 04. 3516 Solicitation Provisions Feb. 2025.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 12. TICS Template v-Feb2026.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 14. Seismic Design Requirements.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 03. Security Requirements - Facility Security Level II.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 05. 3517B General Clauses (Apr. 2026).pdf (read)
- Exhibit 02a1. Project Room Contents List-PRCL.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 02. Agency Requirements.pdf (read)
- Exhibit 02a2. Appendix A2 - Lease Design Narrative LDN.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 07. GSA 1217 - Lessor's Annual Cost Statement.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 02b. Janitorial Services.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 17. GSA527 Contractors Qualifications and Financial Information.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 02a. Program for Design PFD.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 11. PastPerf Questionnaire.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 10a. Twin Falls County Wages.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 13. Lease - New Construction (May 2026).pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 10. RLP - New Construction (May 2026).pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 01. DRAFT Lease No. 36C24W26L0037.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 02a3 -Appendix A3 RoomDataMatrix - RDM.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 08. Prelease FPLS Evaluation Form 12000 Part A and Part B May 2015.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 09. Seismic Offer Forms.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 06. Form 1364 Proposal to Lease Space Jan. 2023.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Lease 20,250 rentable square feet (RSF) of space in Twin Falls, Idaho, for a VA outpatient clinic.
- Build out the space as a clinic (tenant improvements, TI) to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards: Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) exam rooms, women's health, foot care, dermatology, lab and blood draw, mental health group room and consult room, lactation room, and staff areas.
- Provide the architectural and engineering design, plus interior design by a designer with NCIDQ certification and at least 3 years of healthcare project experience.
- Provide casework, sinks, an audio/visual system with video teleconferencing (V-Tel) hookups, and power and data for a check-in kiosk.
- Meet VA Security Requirements for Facility Security Level II and the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS).
- Provide all interior janitorial services, supplies and equipment for the leased space; VA disposes of hazardous or pathological waste once properly stored.
- Submit a Cultural Resources Study Report with the initial offer.
- Contract type
- Lease of space under a Request for Lease Proposals (RLP); draft Lease No. 36C24W26L0037
- Place of performance
- Twin Falls, ID, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Negotiated lease award: VA's lease contracting officer (LCO) sets a competitive range from price and other stated factors, negotiates with those firms, then closes with final proposal revisions. Price is judged by present value cost.
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 4:00 PM Pacific
- How to submit
- Email to JEFFREY.DEERING@VA.GOV, DEBORAH.GREER@VA.GOV and CHRISTINA.WOLF@VA.GOV
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: present value cost per ABOA SF (ANSI-BOMA Office Area square foot, the usable area used for pricing): annual rent discounted at 5 percent, plus tenant improvement fees and other costs
- Factor 3 (name not shown in the text read): includes a completed Past Performance Questionnaire from references; the other factors are in RLP paragraph 4.03, which was not read
What to include when you submit
- Email subject line: RLP No. 36C24W26R0017 Twin Falls CBOC – Initial Offer.
- Include the Cultural Resources Study Report with the initial offer; Section 2.12 of the RLP makes it a required submittal.
- Initial every page of Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 and sign the acknowledgment; both must be received with the initial offer.
- Include the offeror's statement that it intends to perform the lease requirements and obtain fee simple title (ownership) in the offeror's own name, free of encumbrances that limit the parties' rights.
- Identify the architect/engineer (A/E) design fees and the lessor's project management (PM) fee for the tenant improvements on GSA Form 1364; the PM fee is offered only as a percentage rate.
- Send each completed Past Performance Questionnaire directly to the Contracting Officers, with the subject line naming the RLP number, the offeror and Completed Past Performance Questionnaire.
Not in the notice text
- Not fully read: the middle of the main RLP (lease term, occupancy date and award factors in sections 1.02 and 4.03, and the offer instructions) was left out, and attached but not read are the draft lease, RLP Exhibits 10 (new construction) and 10a (wages), 11 (past performance questionnaire), 13 (lease for new construction), 06 (Form 1364), 07, 08, 09, 17 (contractor qualifications and finances), 02a, 02a2, 02a3 and 02b.
- The lease term, any renewal options and the occupancy date are not in the text read.
- The tenant improvement allowance amount and the pricing form details are not in the text read.
- Whether there is a building tour or site visit, and the deadline for questions, are not stated in the text read.
- The due date for Past Performance Questionnaires and the number of references required are not in the text read.
- The Davis-Bacon wage determination for Twin Falls County is in Exhibit 10a, attached but not read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified through SBA's VetCert can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified through VetCert yet? Apply on VetCert (SBA), or start with the SDVOSB guide. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 531120
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to JEFFREY.DEERING@VA.GOV, DEBORAH.GREER@VA.GOV and CHRISTINA.WOLF@VA.GOV. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- RPO West (36C24W), McClellan, CA
- Product/service code
- X1DB · Lease/Rental of Laboratories and Clinics
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 531120)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 27, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 20, 2026 · SolicitationDue Sep 18, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Lease of property to facilitate a Community Based Outpatient Clinic for the Department of Veterans Affiars. See attached documents.
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