1TX2818 Redacted Justification.pdf

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition document filed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Region 7, Leasing Division for a succeeding lease at Shiloh Plaza, 109 Shiloh Drive, Laredo, Texas 78045. The project number is 1TX2818. GSA seeks to negotiate a succeeding lease with the incumbent lessor for 17,916 ABOA/20,603 rentable square feet (RSF) of office and related space. The current lease expires February 7, 2025, and approval is requested for a new 17-year/15-year firm term lease commencing February 8, 2025. The delineated area is bounded by I-69W to the north, McPherson Road to the east, Del Mar Boulevard to the south, and Monarch Highway 83/I-35 to the west, with no vacant federal space available in the vicinity.

The justification relies on 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) for sole-source authority, as no potentially acceptable alternative locations were identified. Market research conducted by PBS on February 7 and May 10, 2023 using CoStar and Loopnet tools yielded no acceptable results. GSA posted a pre-solicitation notice on the Contract Opportunities domain of SAM.gov on May 24, 2023 for three days and received zero responses. The incumbent lessor has been located at this address for over 10 years with documented acceptable performance and timely repairs of maintenance issues. Recent market research shows fully serviced rental rates in the delineated area ranging appropriately for the market, supporting fair and reasonable pricing for the succeeding lease. The document was revised December 6, 2022 and certified by the Lease Contracting Officer on June 15, 2023.