The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a lease for a community-based outpatient clinic in Berks County, PA. The lease term will be 10 years, with a minimum of 28,128 ABOA square feet and a maximum of 33,020 rentable square feet. The space must be located in a modern, quality building with a façade of stone, marble, brick, stainless steel, aluminum, or other permanent materials in good condition. The building must have a total of 150 surface/outside parking spaces, with 15 handicapped-accessible spaces, and must be located in an area with attractive, prestigious, and professional surroundings. The offeror must provide a conceptual layout to demonstrate that the offered space meets the VA's requirements, including floor layout for Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) design.
• The lease will be a fully serviced, turnkey lease with rent that covers all lessor costs, including shell upgrades, tenant improvements, operating costs, common area maintenance, real estate taxes, and security upgrades.
• The lessor must design and build the tenant improvements after award of the lease, and must prepare design intent drawings (DIDs) for the leased space conforming to the lease and exhibits.
• The government will have the opportunity to review the lessor's DIDs to determine that the lessor's design meets the requirements of the lease.
• The lease will include requirements for accessibility, fire protection and life safety, and security, as well as other requirements not typically found in private commercial leases.
• The offeror must provide evidence of proper zoning, a detailed narrative and clear drawings/renderings illustrating the proposed site physical security considerations and threat mitigation plan, and proof of public transportation with schedule and identifying location of stop(s) closest to the site.