Solicitation
VHA seeking 20,250 RSF for a Community Based Outreach Clinic in Twin Falls, ID
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36C24W26R0017
Due in 18 daysSDVOSB
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The VA wants to lease about 20,250 rentable square feet in Twin Falls, Idaho for a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (a VA primary care and mental health clinic). This is a Request for Lease Proposals set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, not a services contract. Amendment 1 sets initial offers due October 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT by email.
Watch out for
- Must control the site (fee simple title). You must own, or be able to obtain, the property in your own name with clear title, which rules out firms that only have a loose interest in a site.
intends to perform the lease requirements of lessor and to obtain fee simple title in the name of the
- Full clinic build-out to VA standards. The lessor designs and builds the interior to VHA design guides, NFPA 101 and IBC, with medical rooms, lab, mental health and telecom spaces, which is costly and needs experienced designers and builders.
The tenant improvement design and construction shall be executed in strict
- Security upgrades may grow after award. A post-award risk assessment can add security countermeasures that you must provide and price as tenant improvements.
additional countermeasures identified during this assessment shall be priced as TI.
- Lessor provides janitorial and maintenance. Cleaning and upkeep of the interior fall on you and must be priced into the rent for the whole lease term.
VA shall have no cleaning responsibility for the interior or exterior of the leased
- Conflicting room counts. Exhibit 02 lists numbers in words and digits that do not match (for example three (21) exam rooms), so the true program is unclear and pricing could be off.
Ambulatory Care plan based on three (21) PACT Primary Care exam rooms,
- Due date changed by amendment. The RLP cover shows 09/18/2026, but Amendment 1 replaces it with October 27, 2026, so use the amended date and email process.
Offers due by 4:00 PM PDT on October 27, 2026
- Detailed IT and telecom room specs. The VA IT exhibit specifies cabinets, power, cooling and bonding for the telecom room, and design changes can require new airflow analysis, adding cost.
CHANGES TO DESIGN WILL REQUIRE A NEW COMPUTATIONAL FLUID
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 13 not read in full.
- 00. A. Twin Falls RLP - Amendment No. 1.pdf
- Exhibit 02a4. VA CBOC IT Systems Specifications_v05.23.pdf
- 00. TWIN FALLS Global Request for Lease Proposal (RLP).pdf
- Exhibit 16. A-E Questionnaire SF330.pdf
- Exhibit 04. 3516 Solicitation Provisions Feb. 2025.pdf
- Exhibit 12. TICS Template v-Feb2026.pdf
- Exhibit 14. Seismic Design Requirements.pdf
- Exhibit 03. Security Requirements - Facility Security Level II.pdf
- Exhibit 05. 3517B General Clauses (Apr. 2026).pdf
- Exhibit 02a1. Project Room Contents List-PRCL.pdf
- Exhibit 02. Agency Requirements.pdf
- Exhibit 02a2. Appendix A2 - Lease Design Narrative LDN.pdf
- Exhibit 07. GSA 1217 - Lessor's Annual Cost Statement.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 02b. Janitorial Services.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 17. GSA527 Contractors Qualifications and Financial Information.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 02a. Program for Design PFD.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 11. PastPerf Questionnaire.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 10a. Twin Falls County Wages.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 13. Lease - New Construction (May 2026).pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 10. RLP - New Construction (May 2026).pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 01. DRAFT Lease No. 36C24W26L0037.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 02a3 -Appendix A3 RoomDataMatrix - RDM.xlsx: spreadsheet: not read yet
- Exhibit 08. Prelease FPLS Evaluation Form 12000 Part A and Part B May 2015.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 09. Seismic Offer Forms.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
- Exhibit 06. Form 1364 Proposal to Lease Space Jan. 2023.pdf: over the file limit for one brief
Full brief
What they want
- Lease about 20,250 RSF of clinic space in Twin Falls, ID (draft Lease No. 36C24W26L0037)
- Build out the space (tenant improvements) to VA/VHA standards: primary care exam rooms, women's health, mental health group room, lab and blood draw, support rooms, telecom room with air conditioning
- Provide architectural and interior design services, including an NCIDQ-certified interior designer
- Provide the VA Facility Security Level II security features, plus any extra countermeasures found in a post-award risk assessment
- Provide interior janitorial services and maintain the interior; VA has no cleaning responsibility
- Offer the property with fee simple title in the offeror's name, free of encumbrances
- Contract type
- Lease (Request for Lease Proposals, GSA template R100); draft Lease No. 36C24W26L0037
- Place of performance
- Twin Falls, ID
- How they'll choose
- Negotiated lease award: the contracting officer sets a competitive range based on price and other stated factors, negotiates, then takes final revisions. Price is compared as present value cost per ABOA SF, discounted at 5 percent.
- Offers due
- October 27, 2026, 4:00 PM PDT (set by Amendment 1; the original RLP cover said 09/18/2026)
- How to submit
- Email to JEFFREY.DEERING@VA.GOV, DEBORAH.GREER@VA.GOV and CHRISTINA.WOLF@VA.GOV with the subject line "RLP No. 36C24W26R0017 Twin Falls CBOC – Initial Offer"
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: present value cost per ABOA SF (RLP 4.04)
- Past performance (RLP 4.03 Factor 3, supported by a Past Performance Questionnaire)
- Other factors in RLP 4.03 and their order of importance are not in the text provided
What to include when you submit
- Initial offer must be emailed by the due time using the required subject line
- Initial every page of Amendment No. 1 and sign the acknowledgment; it must arrive with the initial offer
- Include the signed statement that the offeror intends to perform the lease and obtain fee simple title in its own name, free of encumbrances (replaced RLP 3.01 W)
- Identify all tenant improvement fees (architect/engineer fees and lessor project management fees) on GSA Form 1364
- Past Performance Questionnaires go directly to the Contracting Officer with a copy to VA's real estate broker representative
- RLP exhibits include a Tenant Improvements Cost Summary template (Exhibit 12), an SF 330 A-E questionnaire (Exhibit 16), GSA Form 527 contractor qualifications (Exhibit 17) and a seismic offer form (Exhibit 9); check RLP 3.01 for which you must complete
- Award documents are to include test-fit floor plans, a site plan for the offered space and a source selection technical submission
You must have
- Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside under FAR 19.14
SDVOSB SET-ASIDE
- Must meet the small business size standard for NAICS 531120 (details are in RLP 1.13, not in the text provided)
- Offeror must intend to obtain fee simple title to the property in its own name, free of encumbrances that limit the parties' rights
intends to perform the lease requirements of lessor and to obtain fee simple title in the name of the
- Active System for Award Management (SAM) registration, since the lease general clauses include SAM maintenance
FAR 52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT
- Interior designer with NCIDQ certification and at least 3 years of healthcare project experience
shall have NCIDQ Certification and be able to demonstrate a minimum 3-years of
- Property must meet the RLP Section 2 building rules such as floodplain, seismic safety, asbestos, accessibility and fire protection
2.02 FLOODPLAINS (FEB 2026)
Not in the notice text
- Lease term, renewal options and required occupancy date (RLP 1.02 is not in the text provided)
- Area of consideration, location and parking requirements (RLP 1.03 to 1.05)
- Full award basis, evaluation factors and their order of importance (RLP 4.03)
- Tenant improvement allowance and pricing instructions (RLP 3.03 and 3.05)
- Small business size standard for NAICS 531120 (RLP 1.13)
- Whether the building must be new construction or can be existing space (Exhibits 10 and 13 are titled New Construction but were not read)
- Full Program for Design (Exhibit 02a), draft lease (Exhibit 01), janitorial services (Exhibit 02b), past performance questionnaire (Exhibit 11) and county wage rates (Exhibit 10a) were not read
- Room Data Matrix spreadsheet (Exhibit 02a3) was not read
- Site visit, pre-offer meeting or question deadline dates
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 27, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 3, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 36C24W26R0017
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- Rpo West (36C24W)
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
- NAICS
- 531120
- Product/service code
- X1DB
- Business type
- Real estate & leasing
- Place of performance
- Twin Falls, ID
- Contracting contact
- Christina Wolfchristina.wolf@va.gov
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
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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