2MD0347 Approved JOTFOC_Final Redacted.pdf

This document is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition (J&A) from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for a lease supersession for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). GSA currently leases 75,276 rentable square feet at 5901 Armendale Road, Bellsville, MD, with the current lease expiring on March 6, 2028. The agency requires an additional 17,535 square feet of laboratory, office, and warehouse space to be located on the White Oak Campus, with the new space needed by October 2023 and coterminous with the original lease.

The lease requirements include specific facility specifications such as BSL-3 laboratory standards, warehouse space, ISC Level 2 security requirements, 18' ceiling height, 5 loading docks with levelers, 255 lbs per square foot floor load, 40' x 40' column spacing, and 4,688 square feet of secured outdoor space. Market research conducted by Savills Inc. showed the proposed rental rate is fair and reasonable. GSA is pursuing a superseding lease with the incumbent lessor under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as the only responsible source that can satisfy the agency's unique space requirements, with an estimated 20-year term and an annual cost of approximately $6.30-$2(b)(7) per rentable square foot.