INTRODUCTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Program Contracting Activity Central (PCAC) anticipates soliciting proposals and subsequently awarding a single, Firm-Fixed-Price contract for the Design-Bid-Build (DBB) Construct New Community Living Center at the Lebanon VA Medical Center, 1700 South Lincoln Ave., Lebanon, PA PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project shall provide the initial phase of a multi-phase project to construct a new Community Living Center (CLC) at the Lebanon, PA VAMC. The initial phase consists of one new resident hospice building with a garage, a portion of the main loop road, and associated parking and one new Mechanical Room/Link by an enclosed corridor with a future connection to Phase 2. All infrastructure related to the construction of a new building is included in this phase. The new buildings are type IIB (000), new greenfield, of approximately 18,500 sf (total), in a currently unoccupied parcel of land facing Building 18. ADMINISTRATIVE: The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Fee Proposal (RFP) conducted in accordance with FAR Parts 15, 19, and 36 and and will be evaluated in accordance with the Tradeoffs procedures listed in the solicitation. The solicitation will be advertised as a total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside. Offers received from other than SDVOSB concerns will not be considered. The applicable NAICS code is 236220 with a size standard of $45.0 million. The solicitation will be issued around early December 2023. The period of performance is approximately 550 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. The Magnitude of Construction is expected to be between $10,000,000.00 and $20,000,000.00. This notice is not a request for competitive offers. All questions must be submitted in writing to the issuing office via email to Jennifer Braaten: Jennifer.Braaten@va,gov and Brett Meister: Brett.Meister@va.gov Telephone calls will not be accepted. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.