BUTLER TWP — There’s a new company in the running to become the developer of a new, multimillion dollar health care facility for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

Representatives of the Oxford Development Co. Monday night told the township commissioners that the Pittsburgh company has inked a deal to buy the 15.9-acre property on South Duffy Road in Butler Township known as Deshon Woods if the VA again picks it as the site of the new facility.

However, officials said there’s still no word on which developer and site is getting the nod. Nor is there any indication when that announcement is expected.

Originally, the VA picked the Deshon Woods property as the site to build a $70 million facility to replace much of the services offered at VA Butler Healthcare on New Castle Road in Butler Township.

But the VA pulled the plug on the deal after problems surfaced with Westar, which would have held a lease on the building for 20 years. Westar also is known as VA Butler Partners.

Later, the VA’s own Office of Inspector General issued a report criticizing the process by which Westar was selected as poorly vetted and mishandled.

Since then, the VA has been considering facility proposals from different developers on four properties in three townships: Butler, Center and Franklin.

The Deshon Woods property always was among those named as being in the running. Westar bought the property from Butler Township for $2.4 million in April 2013.

Michael Pfeifer, a project director for Oxford, appeared before the township commissioners Monday night requesting an extension to approvals that the project’s design already received.

Township zoning officer Jesse Hines told the commissioners that such an extension is standard. The commissioners extended the approval another 90 days.

After the meeting, Pfeifer said his company also is in the dark on when the VA will make its selection.

He said if Oxford is the successful bidder, the designs for the facility would likely be almost identical to the original.

Pfeifer said that if the VA picks a different site, Oxford will not buy the Deshon Woods property.