Sources Sought
Bronx EUL Development Opportunity Sources Sought
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThis is a sources sought notice (market research, not a request for offers) from the Department of Veterans Affairs' Program Contracting Activity Central, for the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. VA wants developers to say if they could finance, build, operate and maintain a parking structure with at least 900 spaces under an enhanced-use lease (EUL), a long-term lease of VA land to a private developer. Responses are due November 10, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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This is a sources sought notice (market research, not a request for offers) from the Department of Veterans Affairs' Program Contracting Activity Central, for the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. VA wants developers to say if they could finance, build, operate and maintain a parking structure with at least 900 spaces under an enhanced-use lease (EUL), a long-term lease of VA land to a private developer. Responses are due November 10, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Qualified developer with a proven track record developing and operating parking structures, with the financial strength to build the project and experience securing public and private financing
- Veteran-owned firms (SDVOSB or VOSB) must show they can perform at least 51% of the development work and attach verification of their status
- Responding is not required to bid on any later solicitation
How to submit: Email the response as an attachment to Sharon Sirotnak at Sharon.Sirotnak@va.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Large real estate development, not a typical service contract. The developer must finance, build, operate and maintain a garage of at least 900 spaces, so the firm needs real development and financing experience.
- Worth checking: Not a request for offers; no award promised. This notice is market research. A response does not guarantee a spot in a later solicitation, and VA does not reimburse response costs.
- Worth checking: Possible veteran-owned set-aside later. SAM.gov shows no set-aside, but VA is deciding whether a future procurement will be open to all or limited to SDVOSB or VOSB firms. Non-veteran firms could be shut out.
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- Worth checking: Free weekday parking limits income. The developer must provide free parking for Veterans and their families on weekdays, and VA can take only cash rent, so the project needs a plan to pay for itself.
- Worth checking: No lease-back or in-kind payment to VA. The lease cannot include VA leasing the garage back, and VA can take only cash ground rent, which limits how the deal can be financed.
- Minor: Site clearing falls on the developer. The parcel holds a vacant research trailer and a basketball court; removing and disposing of them would be the developer's job under the lease.
- Minor: No housing in this opportunity. VA answered a bidder question: mixed-use with housing is not anticipated, so plans built around housing do not fit.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- 36C77626Q0277 Question received Bronx.docx (read)
- 36C77626Q0277.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Send an expression of interest (a letter of up to 15 pages) saying you could develop a parking structure with at least 900 spaces under an EUL
- Show a track record developing and operating parking structures and securing public and private financing
- Answer VA's list of questions, such as how you would pay to run a garage that is free to Veterans on weekdays
- If you are a veteran-owned firm, show you could perform at least 51% of the development work and attach verification
- If selected later: finance, design, renovate or construct, operate and maintain the garage, and remove the vacant research trailer and basketball court
- Contract type
- Enhanced-use lease (EUL) of VA land to a developer, up to 99 years; this notice is only market research (sources sought)
- Period of performance
- Not stated for this opportunity; EUL leases can have a term of up to 99 years
- Place of performance
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 W Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468; about 1.6-acre (72,000 SF) parcel north of the campus (SAM.gov lists the place of performance as USA; the notice form says To Be Determined)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated. This is market research, not a competition; VA will use responses to decide the acquisition strategy and whether to set the opportunity aside for veteran-owned firms.
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email the response as an attachment to Sharon Sirotnak at Sharon.Sirotnak@va.gov
- Page limits
- Response: 15 pages, single spaced, minimum 12-point font
What to include when you submit
- Put the response on official company letterhead, with a point of contact and the signature of at least one organization officer
- Give business information: company name, address, point of contact, phone, email, web page and SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
- State yes or no for each status: VOSB, SDVOSB, small business, woman-owned, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone
- SDVOSB and VOSB firms must attach verification of that status
- Describe your qualifications: corporate overview, real estate development experience, property management experience including parking facilities, and financing experience in the last 10 years
- Answer VA's questionnaire briefly, including whether you would use the whole 1.6-acre parcel and what non-VA financing exists
- Send any questions by email to Sharon Sirotnak by 10/09/2026
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. This is new market research; no previous contract, follow-on or recompete is mentioned. The notice gives no number of responses expected or awards planned.
Not in the notice text
- The Government's estimate, project cost and lease rent are not given
- The length of the lease for this project is not stated, only that EUL leases can run up to 99 years
- The future solicitation (called a Request for Qualifications) and its evaluation factors are not posted; this notice only gathers information
- Campus maps (Attachment A) and photos (Attachment B) are images that were not readable; check them on SAM.gov
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Pcac (36C776), Independence, OH
- Product/service code
- R799 · Support – Management: Other
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541611)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 10, 2026
- Sep 11, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 10, 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
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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