Santa Maria IOTA

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

October 13, 2026

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services in support of the Santa Maria, CA 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 Santa Maria 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 31-months.

VHA authorized a 28,656 net usable square foot (NUSF) outpatient clinic (OPC) lease project in Santa Maria, California. The project will support the parent facility, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. The new OPC will replace the existing clinic in Santa Maria, which currently contains 28,612 NUSF. The new clinic will be able to accommodate future workload, provide ample parking (200 spaces), and will adequately support all services in a modern, efficient space. The new clinic will provide all the services offered at the existing clinic, including Primary Care, Mental Health, Audiology, Eye Clinic, Dental, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pathology and Blood Draw, Logistics, Telehealth, Business Office, Community Engagement and Reintegration, and Women's Health. This new facility is essential to accommodate the current demand of 6,634 Unique Santa Maria Veterans and the future potential demand of 7,500 Santa Maria catchment Enrollees
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 and Transitioning 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 30 October 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 30 November 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.Johnson@va.gov, Contract Specialist and Kathleen.Klotzbach@va.gov, Contracting Officer