Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition - GSA Real Estate Lease

This is a Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition document for a General Services Administration (GSA) real estate lease acquisition for the Department of State (Project Number 2VA0928).

GSA seeks to execute a 15-year superseding lease with a 5-year renewal option for 52,984 rentable square feet (RSF) / 52,984 usable square feet (USF) of office and flex warehouse space at 7944-7960 Cluny Court, Springfield, Virginia 22153. The current lease (LVA12643) expires July 21, 2025, and commenced July 22, 2015. The requirement supports the Department of State's Diplomatic Security mission to protect U.S. travel documents and provide security for State Department personnel and foreign dignitaries. The delineated submarket is Northern Virginia. GSA conducted market research on November 10, 2022, identifying 14 potential alternative locations via CoStar; however, the presolicitation notice posted February 22, 2023, and closed March 3, 2023, yielded only the incumbent lessor as a responsive source. The incumbent's expression of interest quoted a leveled 15-year firm term rental rate with CPI adjustments every three years and annual increases thereafter. GSA justifies the single-source award under 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) based on substantial tenant improvements and alterations required at the incumbent location, avoidance of estimated relocation and move costs, and the government's anticipated return on investment from planned modifications that would not be recoverable through competition. The proposed rental rates are deemed fair and reasonable based on comparable market data from similar Northern Virginia facilities. No systemic barriers to competition exist, and objective scrutiny will be applied to eliminate unnecessary space requirements.