D.3 GSA SECURITY GUIDE.pdf

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D.3 GSA SECURITY GUIDE

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CHAPTER 19:

Security

Overview .................................................................................................................................... 19-1

1. Definitions ............................................................................................................................. 19-1

2. General Security Framework ............................................................................................... 19-2

a. Making the Facility Security Level Determination ............................................................ 19-2

b. Determining Countermeasures ........................................................................................ 19-3

c. Determining the Threat ..................................................................................................... 19-3

3. The Lease Process ............................................................................................................... 19-4

a. Interagency Security Committee Standards and Lease Reform ...................................... 19-4

b. Security-Related Steps for Facility Security Levels I and II ............................................. 19-5

c. Security-Related Steps for Facility Security Levels III and IV .......................................... 19-6

4. Federal Protective Service Participation ............................................................................ 19-7

5. Costs ...................................................................................................................................... 19-8

a. Pricing Components ......................................................................................................... 19-8

b. Application During the Lease Process ........................................................................... 19-11

6. Request for Lease Proposals, Lease Security Paragraphs, and Security Unit Price List ..................................................................................................................... 19-11

7. Background Investigations in Leased Space .................................................................. 19-12

a. Investigation Process ..................................................................................................... 19-12

b. Lease Paragraph: Identity Verification of Personnel ...................................................... 19-14

8. Guard Services ................................................................................................................... 19-14

Attachment 1, Request for Lease Proposals Template Paragraphs Related To Security ....................................................................................................................... 19-15

Attachment 2, Lease Template Paragraphs Related To Security ...................................... 19-23

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CHAPTER 19: Security

Attachment 3, Security Requirements for FSL I .................................................................. 19-31

Attachment 4, Security Requirements for FSL II ................................................................. 19-36

Attachment 5, Security Requirements for FSL III ................................................................ 19-46

Attachment 6, Security Requirements for FSL IV ................................................................ 19-60

Attachment 7, Security Unit Price List for FSL II ................................................................. 19-77

Attachment 8, Security Unit Price List for FSL III ................................................................ 19-80

Attachment 9, Security Unit Price List for FSL IV ............................................................... 19-84

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Overview This chapter outlines lease security standards for new and replacement space. Second, it provides instructions for competitive procurements based on the 2010 interim Interagency Security Committee (ISC), Physical Security Standards. Third, it outlines the Public Buildings Service’s (PBS) responsibilities for performing background investigations on the lessors’ contractors. Finally, this chapter clarifies PBS’ responsibilities in leased spaces, which are outlined in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, M-05-24, Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.

Succeeding and superseding lease actions must also follow the requirements of this chapter. For renewal and extension actions, the Leasing Specialist must work with the Facility Security Committee (FSC) to determine if any changes to the security requirements are needed.

1. Definitions Interagency Security Committee (ISC): A Federal committee dedicated to the protection of Federal civilian facilities in the United States. It has 21 primary member agencies and 30 associate member agencies. The ISC has developed standards applicable to all civilian Federal facilities, including leased facilities, and has provided the following information that affects the lease process:

• Facility Security Level (FSL): This standard categorizes buildings based on a security analysis, which involves several security related facility factors. The FSL is the basis for implementing the physical security measures specified in ISC Standards. Facilities are categorized from FSL I to FSL V (lowest to highest).

• Physical Security Criteria for Federal Facilities: This standard establishes baseline physical security measures for each FSL. This standard defines the process for determining the appropriate security measures; it also covers any uncommon measures required to address the unique risks at a particular facility. All Federal facilities must have physical security measures.

• Design-Basis Threat (DBT): This document profiles the type, composition, and capabilities of an adversary or threat.

• Facility Security Committee (FSC): This committee is responsible for addressing facility-specific security issues and approving all security measures and practices. The FSC is made up of representatives of each Federal agency in the facility, the Security Organization, and the leasing department or agency. When meeting about new leases, replacing leases, or lease construction, the FSC will also include the project team and the planned tenant(s). The FSC was formerly known as the Building Security Committee.

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WARNING: Detailed descriptions and full text versions of the above-referenced documents are For Official Use Only (FOUO). They contain information that may be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). That information is to be controlled, stored, handled, transmitted, distributed, and disposed of in accordance with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy relating to FOUO information and is not to be released to the public or personnel who do not have a valid “need-to-know.” Leasing Specialists who require FOUO information in these standards may obtain it from the Federal Protective Service (FPS) physical security specialist or the GSA regional security specialist.

Security organization: This refers to the Government agency or internal agency component identified by statute, interagency agreement, or policy responsible for physical security for the specific facility. The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is the designated security organization for all GSA lease projects, but client agencies have their own security organizations, which may provide valid input into projects.

Countermeasure: An action or device used to lessen an anticipated security threat.

2. General Security Framework The facility security level (FSL) for each space requirement is set by the Department of Homeland Security-FPS and the client agency, in consultation with the General Services Administration (GSA) as part of the requirements development phase. If the client agency and FPS have not already conferred, the Leasing Specialist must coordinate a meeting with the necessary parties to set the appropriate level of security before the Request for Lease Proposal (RLP) package is drafted. For broker contract projects, a broker task order may not be issued until the FSL has been determined.

Implementing ISC Standards could increase lease procurement cycle time and costs. Accordingly, Leasing Specialists must maintain contact as necessary with the appropriate FPS inspector throughout the lease acquisition process.

a. Making the Facility Security Level Determination The FPS and the client agencies will make the initial, basic FSL determination for new leased space as soon as practical after the identification of a space requirement, including succeeding leases. They must make the determination early enough in the space acquisition process to allow for the development of the acquisition strategy and the implementation of required countermeasures. The FSL represents the basic determination of risk or risk assessment for each project that results in the baseline security requirements.

Level V facilities are not discussed here because the requirements are project specific and, while the incorporation of additional factors and criteria makes this standard more useful to determine the FSL for special-use and other unique facilities—such as high-security laboratories, hospitals, or unique storage facilities for chemicals or munitions—some facilities may still not fit neatly into the criteria defined here.

In instances where there is a disagreement regarding the FSL determination, the ISC, as the representative of the Secretary of Homeland Security, will facilitate the final determination.

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b. Determining Countermeasures The Physical Security Criteria for Federal Facilities (PSC) prescribes the process for determining appropriate countermeasures for a facility. Adherence to this process:

• Ensures that all security criteria will be considered,

• Defines the relationship between the levels of risk determined for each undesirable event, and

• Mitigates risk through countermeasures that provide a commensurate Level of Protection

(LOP).

The higher the risk, the higher the LOP. The baseline LOP must be implemented and completed for each facility, unless a documented risk assessment justifies a deviation. The assessment of risk in this step does not necessarily entail a comprehensive onsite risk assessment for existing facilities; however, site visits by the security organization are recommended. For new lease construction, no facility will exist; therefore, the assessment must be based on a conceptual design or set of requirements.

The ISC recommends basing security countermeasures on the FSL and an informed risk-based threat assessment. For acquisition purposes GSA is treating these ISC recommendations as Lease requirements. According, all baseline countermeasures and adjustments to countermeasures based on risk assessment are considered by GSA to be security requirements.

Risk is a function of the values of threat, consequence, and vulnerability. The objective of risk management is to create a level of protection that mitigates vulnerabilities to threats and their potential consequences, thereby reducing risk to an acceptable level. Ideally, all risk would be eliminated; however, that is not practical or feasible.

c. Determining the Threat The FPS advises the FSC (the project team and agency personnel) on developing the facility-specific security requirements.

The FPS uses Design-Basis Threat (DBT) profiling in security planning. As mentioned previously, a DBT is a profile of the type, composition, and capabilities of an adversary used for security planning. DBT gives the Government a flexible approach for addressing potential security threats.

Security organizations are responsible for identifying and analyzing threats and vulnerabilities;

they are also responsible for recommending appropriate and cost-effective countermeasures to the FSC. However, the FSC has the decision making authority to decide whether or not to implement those recommendations.

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3. The Lease Process

a. Interagency Security Committee Standards and Lease Reform The 2010 ISC Physical Security Standards presented a new approach to determining the security improvements. The 2010 standards revised the “one size fits all” approach; instead, changed its procedures to customized requirements based on the individual project’s security needs.

Initially, GSA’s leasing and security policy officials considered implementing the 2010 standards by adopting an approach where each project would receive a risk assessment. The evaluation would be incorporated in an estimated security cost (placeholder dollar amount), which the agency could use towards meeting its security needs. However, GSA not adopt that approach because having a customized level of protection for every lease action would unduly prolong the leasing process and would require more resources than are available.

Another reason for rejecting a custom “risk assessment” with placeholder pricing approach for each transaction was that GSA implemented a lease reform process that created multiple lease acquisition models (simplified, streamlined, etc.). While implementation of lease security standards using a placeholder security estimate may be accomplished with no issues for those models that included a Tenant Improvement (TI) allowance and post-award pricing in the RLP, it would provide complications for the turnkey models that require offerors to price the complete requirements package in lease proposals.

Turnkey pricing means that firm fixed pricing is established at lease award and is not subject to adjustment post-award. Placeholder allowance or estimate pricing means that final pricing is not determined until after post-award design. In both instances, certain amortization parameters are established at lease award; the only difference is when the actual costs (principal) are established.

As stated above, lease reform implemented certain models that price TI as turnkey and others that price TI as a placeholder allowance. This chapter establishes similar processes (turnkey and placeholder estimate) for security pricing. However, the difference is that the TI pricing methodology is determined by the model selection, while the security pricing methodology is determined by the FSL.

This chapter issues a baseline set of security standards for each FSL (I through IV):

• FSL I and II will use turnkey pricing for their security requirements. The standard security requirements package (RLP paragraphs) will serve as the scope of work and offerors must price them preaward.

• FSL III and IV will use placeholder allowance pricing for their security requirements. This will provide the ability to customize the security requirements package for the client agency and the market. This is achieved by adjusting the appropriate baseline paragraphs starting with the requirements development process and completed before issuance of the RLP. The purpose of the customized security package is to identify for all offerors the security requirements and lease obligations. The successful offeror will price the required security after design, post-award similar to TI.

The Leasing Specialist may customize the security requirements for FSL I and II leases when the agency requires a higher level of protection, as recommended by the ISC risk and threat

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b. Security-Related Steps for Facility Security Levels I and II During the requirements-development phase, the Leasing Specialist must work with the client agency and FPS to determine the FSL. When the project is designated as a FSL I or II the following process must be followed:

1. The Leasing Specialist must obtain the FSL from the FPS’s designated physical security specialist (this process is described in paragraph 4, Federal Protective Service Participation). Then, the Leasing Specialist will meet with the tenant agency and the security organization representative to review the security paragraphs related to the FSL and determine if any (upward) risk-based adjustments need to be made to the set of security paragraphs associated with that FSL (not the FSL itself).

2. If one of the buildings to be considered currently houses other Government tenants, this may have an impact on the security countermeasures needed for this building. In such instances, the Leasing Specialist must notify the designated physical security specialist of the time and date of the market survey. The physical security specialist must be included on the market survey to advise the Leasing Specialist whether this increase in Government tenancy will affect the FSL of that building and necessitate additional security requirements.

3. The Leasing Specialist must attach the appropriate baseline security paragraphs (either

FSL I or II) to the lease (located in the RLP package). These paragraphs will form the narrative scope of work for all security related improvements required under the lease, discussed in more detail below. The Leasing Specialist must forward a copy of the finalized RLP package to the physical security specialist.

4. The Leasing Specialist must consider estimated BSAC costs when developing his or her negotiation objectives for the lease procurement.

5. Offerors must specify the cost of meeting the security requirements on the Security Unit Price List (SecUP) (see paragraph 5, Costs). Offerors must also provide an amortization rate and term to convert the pricing for any BSAC rent. For FSL I and II projects, this rental component represents the firm fixed pricing for the security upgrades.

6. The Leasing Specialist must list the BSAC rental component as a separate line item

(BSAC-lessor) on the Occupancy Agreement (OA).

7. After award, the Leasing Specialist must forward a copy of the executed lease to the physical security specialist and contact him or her to determine the appropriate level of involvement in the design phase. At a minimum, the Leasing Specialist must forward copies of the draft DIDs and construction documents (CDs) to the physical security specialist for review, specifying a timeframe for review that reflects the project schedule, followed by a set of final DIDs and CDs.

8. Prior to space acceptance, the Leasing Specialist must obtain the physical security specialist’s final testing, acceptance, and approval of all installed countermeasures.

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c. Security-Related Steps for Facility Security Levels III and IV When the project is designated as a FSL III or IV, the security-related steps are similar to those for FSL I and II, but more detailed and include additional steps. During the requirements-development phase, the Leasing Specialist must work with the client agency and FPS to determine the FSL. The following process must be followed:

1. The Leasing Specialist must obtain the FSL from the FPS’s designated physical security specialist (this process is described in paragraph 4, Federal Protective Service Participation). Then, the Leasing Specialist will meet with the tenant agency and the security organization representative to review the security paragraphs related to the FSL and determine if any risk-based adjustments need to be made to the set of security paragraphs associated with that FSL (not the FSL itself).

2. The Leasing Specialist must notify the designated physical security specialist of the time and date of the market survey. The physical security specialist must be included on the market survey to advise the Leasing Specialist about any special issues that need to be addressed in the RLP or Lease.

3. The Leasing Specialist must use the input from the market survey to adjust the baseline security paragraphs. He or she must attach any adjusted baseline paragraphs to the Lease portion of the RLP package. As discussed below, these paragraphs inform offerors of any potential security related improvements that may be required under the lease;

however, these paragraphs are not meant to serve as the basis for lessor pricing of the BSAC. Instead, the BSAC for FSL III and IV projects will be a placeholder estimated dollar amount that is determined by security level. The placeholder dollar amounts are specified in the hidden instructional blue text of the RLP, to be adjusted by the PBS Office of Leasing, as required. The Leasing Specialist must include the appropriate BSAC placeholder dollar amount in the RLP package. The Leasing Specialist must forward a copy of the finalized RLP package to the physical security specialist.

4. The Leasing Specialist must consider estimated BSAC costs when developing his or her negotiation objectives for the lease procurement.

5. Offerors must provide an amortization rate and term and convert the pricing to BSAC rent.

The actual BSAC rental component for FSL III and IV projects will be determined postaward based on final pricing. The process is very similar to the TI adjustment process, but can exceed the placeholder dollar value, as long as the total fully serviced rent stays below the high end of a market cap or prospectus dollar limitation. BSAC pricing above the placeholder estimate may be amortized in the rent. The SecUP will not be used until postaward (see step 7 below).

6. The Leasing Specialist must list the BSAC rental component as a separate line item as

BSAC-lessor on the Occupancy Agreement (OA).

7. After award, the Leasing Specialist must forward a copy of the executed lease to the physical security specialist. When the DIDs are complete, the physical security specialist will work with client agency officials to specify the appropriate countermeasures and complete the security design. The physical security specialist will also provide GSA with an estimate for the costs of the recommended security countermeasures and will assist in

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8. The Leasing Specialist must negotiate a fair and reasonable price. For example, he or she must use the SecUP to gather separate pricing of the BSAC items from the lessor. This process can occur at the same time as the TI negotiation process. The Lease Contracting Officer will include the BSAC price acceptance in the TI notice to proceed.

9. The Leasing Specialist must adjust the OA to reflect the actual BSAC expenditure and incorporate the actual BSAC rent in a lease amendment. If the actual BSAC expenditure exceeds the BSAC figure stated under the original lease, the OA must be signed by the client agency, and the Lease Contracting Officer must obtain a revised BA 53 funding validation, before issuing a notice to proceed.

10. Prior to space acceptance, the Leasing Specialist must obtain the physical security specialist’s final testing, acceptance, and approval of all installed countermeasures.

11. Depending on the size and complexity of the security build out, the Leasing Specialist may request the physical security specialist to perform progress inspections.

4. Federal Protective Service Participation FPS is responsible for providing the physical security specialist, known by FPS as inspectors, for all GSA projects. When an FPS inspector has not been assigned, the Leasing Specialist must contact the GSA regional security officer to assist with identifying the FPS inspector.

The Leasing Specialist must submit a schedule to FPS detailing the procurement process and FPS’ involvement in it. FPS must be given the opportunity to comment on the procurement schedule to maximize their participation.

Based on discussions with FPS, Leasing Specialists must ask regional inspectors in writing to participate during the following occasions:

• When a space request is received. The client agency representative and an FPS inspector will meet to set the appropriate FSL, which determines the baseline set of security requirements. They will also consult with the Leasing Specialist or other GSA requirements development specialist. Generally, FSL I and II do not have requirements for a project-specific risk assessment process beyond the establishment of the FSL. However, certain agencies have undergone programmatic assessments that determine a need for security requirements beyond the baseline (high FSL II requirements). The agency will identify these additional security requirements for the Leasing Specialist to include in the security attachment to the RLP package. FSL III and IV facilities will have project-specific risk assessments performed by the FPS during the requirements development phase. The assessments are used to determine recommended countermeasures and security design features. The Leasing Specialist must include those recommended countermeasures in the security attachment to the RLP package.

• On projects with an FSL III and above, or where one of the buildings to be considered is currently occupied under a GSA lease. The FPS inspector assigned to the project will accompany the Leasing Specialist on the market survey to advise him or her and the client agency representative of any security issues with the buildings. As discussed above, the inspector, the client agency, and the Leasing Specialist will use the information from the market survey to adjust the security attachment.

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• When offers have been received. The inspector will assist the Leasing Specialist by evaluating the BSAC pricing (for FSL I and II, this must occur prior to lease award; for FSL III and IV, this must occur postaward). This process is discussed more thoroughly in paragraph 5, Costs.

• Prelease form. The prelease security form has been eliminated from the lease process.

• Postaward. The inspector will provide advice in the preparation of DIDs. The inspector will also review the DIDs and CDs to confirm that all security countermeasures and equipment are accounted for and placed appropriately.

• Occupancy. The inspector will inspect and approve the installation and startup of the required equipment provided under the lease. He or she will also oversee implementation of all other security measures outside the lease, including development of the Emergency Occupancy Plan (OEP).

Note: If GSA and FPS have coordination issues, the Leasing Specialist will resolve them regionally through the FPS chain of command (e.g., inspector or physical security specialist, Area Commander, District Director, Regional Director). Problems that cannot be resolved regionally must be reported to the Assistant Commissioners in the Office of Client Solutions and Office of Leasing.

5. Costs The successful offeror must provide an itemized list of expected cost of security countermeasures using the SecUP form, for the purposes of OA billing and for reporting the cost of security to GSA’s external stakeholders. Depending on the security level, the SecUP will either be completed preaward, with submission of final proposal revisions, or post-award, with the submission of the cost estimate for TIs, per the DIDs.

Note: In no event may any BSAC in addition to any amortized TI amounts push the total fully serviced rent over the high end of a market cap or prospectus dollar limitation. (See Pricing Desk Guide, Section 2.5.11 for further guidance.)

The breakdown of security costs below is applicable to all leases, including short-term disaster leases.

a. Pricing Components In leasing, there are 4 pricing categories in which the security countermeasures can fall. These are:

• Shell - paid for by the lessor,

• BSAC and SE – amortized together as BSAC component of the rent,

• TI – for items not specified under a risk assessment and paid for and amortized as part of the

TI component of the rent up to the maximum amount of the TIs, and

• RWA – lump sum funding described below.

Shell Rental Component

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All of FSL I project security countermeasures are considered building shell. These countermeasures are carried over to the other FSLs, and are also priced as shell. Any security upgrades above shell must be priced as part of the BSAC or TI, which will be discussed in detail below.

Building Specific Amortized Capital Rental Component

In leasing, any item required by a threat assessment can be priced as BSAC and amortized in the rent.

Building Specific Amortized Capital (BSAC)

This may include not only capital items, but also equipment, as described below.

Under the Pricing Policy, BSAC is any physical security measure that is either part of the building or attached to the building and not easily removed. BSAC traditionally includes such items as:

• Vehicular barriers such as bollards, gates, pop-ups, and arm gates;

• Building exterior doors, locks, and garage doors;

• ISC required parking lot fencing and gates;

• Guard booths (both attached to the building and free standing);

• Blast resistant windows or shatter proof window glazing;

• Progressive collapse resistant construction; and

• Card readers at the building entrance that solely serve as a locking mechanism.

BSAC does not include TIs.

The BSAC charge is used for security items that are a separate capital investment in the leased property. BSAC charges are not included in the building shell or TIs for allowance or rate setting purposes. It is separately priced, normally amortized over the firm term, and charged to tenant agencies on their PBS Rent bill as BSAC. The amortization rate is typically the same as the TI rate, although the rates may differ, depending upon the circumstances of the lease transaction.

For lease rates to compare favorably to local market rates, it is important to separate the BSAC charges from the shell rent.

Security Equipment (SE)

Security equipment is security related items that are not part of a building and are easily removed from the building. Security equipment includes:

• Magnetometers,

• X-ray machines,

• Closed Captioning Television (CCTV) systems and cameras, and

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• Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and duress alarm systems

For most projects involving magnetometers and x-ray machines, FPS will be responsible for project execution, installation, maintenance, and repair. In addition, FPS will purchase security equipment through its office and will bill agencies directly for security fixtures and equipment (SE) costs. CCTV and IDS systems are usually installed by the lessor.

How the SE is charged varies, based on if it is an ISC recommendation or not. Sometimes the lessor will provide the ISC-recommended SE, which is determined through the risk and threat assessment process. When this occurs, the SE may be amortized in the BSAC Rent bill line item, but its amortization term is limited to a maximum of 5 years because of its shorter economic life.

Other times, the SE is not an ISC recommendation and only the tenant requires the SE as part of their tenant-specific security. When this occurs, the SE must be paid in lump sum via RWA.

If item “x” is recommended by the FPS based on appropriate countermeasures for the FSL, then item “x” is BASC. However, if the agency also adds their security requirement “y”, then “x” is charged to BSAC and “y” is charged to the agency’s TI.

The lessor shall be responsible for maintaining the lessor-installed SE. Those maintenance charges must be part of the operating rent. At the end of the useful life of the SE the lessor will be responsibility for replacing the SE and the replacement costs must be reimbursed to the lessor as lump sum by the tenant agency via an RWA.

FPS normally provides the security equipment (including its operation and maintenance).

However, the client agency may make a request to the Leasing Specialist to have the lessor furnish equipment and its maintenance.

FPS determines the specifications for security equipment and the details and specifications for the installation of the equipment, such as the type, number, and location of security cameras, magnetometers, and x-ray machines. The Leasing Specialist must ask the FPS inspector to provide the equipment specifications.

Tenant-Specific Security (Tenant Agency Funded as Part of their TIs)

These are security fixtures that are specific to one tenant agency, requested by that tenant agency, but not recommended by the risk and threat assessment process or FSL. These countermeasures are only used by the tenant in relation to their space and not the entire building.

Fixtures, such as expanded wire mesh or bullet-resistant material in partitions, may be amortized in the TI allowance. Tenant-specific security equipment or measures that are not fixtures, such as the tenant’s HSPD 12 requirements, contractor background suitability determinations that are not covered by GSA’s HSPD-12 policy, or tenant’s specific contract security guards, may not be amortized in the TI allowance.

RWA

RWA funding may be used for the following:

• TIs related to tenant specific security over the general allowance, as part of the TI customization buy-down process, 19-11

• Tenant specific security that will push the TI over the TI allowance, and

• Security costs that push the rent over the high end of the market or prospectus limit.

b. Application During the Lease Process

Facility Security Level I and II

The offeror must provide a cost breakout of all of the BSAC security costs using the Security Unit Price List (SecUP), priced as firm fixed (turn-key) pricing before award. The BSAC amount (principal), amortization term, and interest rate will be negotiated and established at lease award.

Facility Security Level III and IV

In FSL III and IV facilities, BSAC is a placeholder estimate, identified as either dollars per ANSI/BOMA Office Area Square Foot ($/ABOA SF) or total dollars for a project ($/SF times SF).

The Leasing Specialist must include the BSAC placeholder amount in the RLP; the amortization term and interest rates are negotiated with the offeror and established at lease award. After construction drawings are complete, the lessor will use the SecUp List to obtain the security work pricing (similar to the postaward TI bidding process). After the final costs are negotiated, the BSAC rent is adjusted. While security work pricing is similar to the postaward TI bidding process, it has some differences as well. The BSAC will not have a limit as long as it meets two conditions:

(1) the security features are required by the risk assessment and (2) the total does not push the fully serviced rent over the high end of the market cap or prospectus dollar limitation.

6. Request for Lease Proposals, Lease Security Paragraphs, and Security Unit Price List The current security paragraphs required for FSL I-IV are located in Attachments 1 through 6.

The SecUP Forms are located in Attachments 7 though 9. Below is a table summarizing the contents of each attachment.

Attachment Name

Content

Attachment 1 RLP template paragraphs related to security

Attachment 2 Lease template paragraphs related to security

Attachments 3 through 6

Security requirements, separated as follows:

o Attachment 3: FSL I o Attachment 4: FSL II o Attachment 5: FSL III o Attachment 6: FSL IV

Attachments 7 though 9

SecUP, separated into three forms:

o Attachment 7: FSL II (preaward submittal) o Attachment 8: FSL III (postaward submittal) o Attachment 9: FSL IV (postaward submittal)

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The paragraphs in Attachments 1 and 2 are incorporated into existing paragraphs of the RLP and Lease documents. The current versions of the RLP and related documents are available in eLease or on the Office of Leasing’s Google Web site.

The Leasing Specialist must choose the appropriate paragraphs for the security requirements and countermeasures from Attachments 3-6 (either FSL I, II, III, or IV) and attach the text to the RLP package (which will be retained as part of the final lease contract).

The Leasing Specialist must attach the SecUP listed in Attachment 7 to the RLP package for FSL I and II. The SecUP is a postaward submittal for FSL III and IV.

The prelease security form has been eliminated from the updated security process.

7. Background Investigations in Leased Space For all leases, the manager of each PBS field office or service center must facilitate compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12—Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors (HSPD 12) by obtaining the required background investigations and fingerprint forms from the lessor. Once compiled, this information must be sent to FPS for processing in accordance with the 2006 PBS–FPS Memorandum of Agreement. The GSA Chief Information Officer (CIO) has a credentialing officer in each region that assists PBS in issuing credentials to lessor contractors.

a. Investigation Process All lessor personnel and contractors with routine access to the Government’s leased space for a period greater than 6 months, in Level III GSA-leased facilities with 100 percent Government occupancy or Level IV GSA-leased facilities, must submit complete fingerprint charts and personal history forms to obtain a background investigation. A client agency whose lease action does not meet these FSL parameters may also request background investigations on a reimbursable basis.

All GSA lease contractor employees who require routine access for more than six months to a GSA-controlled leased facility must receive the appropriate credentials (personal identity verification card) when the facility meets any one of the following ISC FSL determination risk levels:

• Level IV facility

• Level III facility solely occupied by the Federal Government

• Any facility with an on-site GSA childcare center

Routine Access Defined

Routine access is defined as regularly scheduled access that occurs post occupancy. For example, if a contractor reports to a facility on a regular basis to perform ongoing duties, he or she requires routine access and must have a background investigation. An intermittent contractor—for http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/laws/gc_1217616624097.shtm

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Instructions for Background Investigations

The manager of each PBS regional field office or service center must comply with the following background investigations policy:

1. Identify personnel requiring background investigations. In all existing Level IV leases and Level III leases with 100 percent Government occupancy, or other leases where suitability determinations are required, and where background investigations have not been completed or are not current, a designated PBS employee must consult with the client agency and FPS to identify which of the lessor’s personnel and contractors require background investigations.

2. Contact Lessor. The designated PBS employee must contact the lessor and provide a

Contractor Information Worksheet (CIW), which is available on GSA Insite. The lessor will use the CIW to indicate if their identification verification process will be manual or electronic.

If lessor will use the manual process, the following will be completed.

The following will be completed if the manual process is used:

● Two sets of hardcopy fingerprint cards (FD–258), available from the Government Printing

Office (GPO) at http://bookstore.gpo.gov, or one set of electronic fingerprint cards.

● A SF-85P, Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions, for any individuals requiring background investigations.

The electronic process will be done through the e-QIP system. The lessor’s contractor and his or her personnel will receive an email along with instructions for completing the electronic questionnaire. The designated PBS employee must then:

● Confirm and document that the forms have been returned to the Government and forwarded to FPS within 14 days or as otherwise specified by the lease.

● Document when the request was made to the lessor, when the forms were forwarded to FPS, and when the investigations were completed.

● Add this documentation to the lease file.

3. Obtain credentials as necessary. As outlined above, when lessor personnel have been identified, the designated associate must contact the regional credentialing officer to obtain the appropriate GSA-issued credential, as necessary, upon receipt from FPS of a successfully completed background investigation.

4. Consult Office of Regional Counsel. In cases where lessors delay, resist, or refuse to provide the required information, the LCO must consult the Office of Regional Counsel to assist in obtaining such information from lessors. Contract clauses to be relied on include the existing Background Security Checks paragraph, if available, and the Changes clause in the http://bookstore.gpo.gov/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/

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General Clauses. If the lessors have difficulty meeting the requirements of HSPD 12, document it in the lease file.

5. Include new lease paragraph. All new leases must include the Identity Verification of

Personnel paragraph exactly as written. This paragraph must be included in each level of the security requirements and countermeasure attachments.

b. Lease Paragraph: Identity Verification of Personnel The lease paragraph addressing HSPD 12 requirements is included in attachment 2.

8. Guard Services At the higher FSLs, armed guard service may be required. If armed contract guard service is required, FPS must provide that service, unless the US Marshals Service is providing the service to the US Courts family of agencies. Any guards provided by the lessor are considered to be concierge guards and have no authority in the Government space. The Leasing Specialist, Lease Contracting Officer, and client agency must consider including extra space in the RLP for a guard break room, locker room, or both for FPS-provided guards. Unless otherwise specified by FPS, the Leasing Specialist must provide approximately 200 SF to accommodate five individuals per shift. The Leasing Specialist must negotiate this space with the lessor as part of the rentable common area if the space is used exclusively as a guard break room or locker room. Otherwise, it is to be paid by the tenant agency requiring the FPS guard service.

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Attachment 1, Request for Lease Proposals Template Paragraphs Related To Security These paragraphs revise existing RLP language for all models except On-Airport. Revisions are highlighted in yellow.

a. Section 1 (Changes)

The following paragraphs were amended:

LEASE DESCRIPTION (SEP 2012)

Offerors shall examine the Lease form included in the RLP documents to understand the Government's and the Lessor's respective rights and responsibilities under the contemplated Lease.

The Lease contemplated by this RLP includes:

A. The term of the Lease, and renewal option, if any.

B. Terms and Conditions of the Lease, including Definitions, Standards, and Formulas applicable to the Lease and this RLP.

C. Building Shell standards and requirements.

D. Information concerning the tenant agency's buildout requirements, to be supplemented after award.

E. Security requirements.

F. A description of all services to be provided by the Lessor.

Should the Offeror be awarded the Lease, the terms of the Lease will be binding upon the Lessor without regard to any statements contained in this RLP.

The Lease contemplated by this RLP is a fully serviced Lease. Rent will be based upon a proposed rental rate per Rentable Square Foot (RSF), limited by the offered rate and the maximum ABOA SF solicited under this RLP. Although certain Tenant Improvement (TI) requirements information is provided with this RLP and will be incorporated into the Lease, the TIs to be delivered by the Lessor will be based on the final design to be developed after award of the Lease, which reflects the Agency’s full requirements. The Lessor shall design and build the TIs and will be compensated for TI costs, together with design and project management fees to be set under the Lease. Although the TI requirements will not be developed fully until after award, Offerors shall provide the allowance stated in the Tenant Improvement Allowance paragraph of the Lease. Offerors are encouraged to consider the use of existing fit-out and other improvements to minimize waste. However, any existing improvements must be deemed equivalent to Lease requirements for new construction, and Offerors are cautioned to consider those requirements before assuming efficiencies in its TI costs resulting from use of existing improvements.

Unless the Government prepares Design Intent Drawings (DIDs), after award the Lessor must prepare DIDs for the leased Space conforming to the lease requirements and other Government- supplied information related to the client agency’s interior build-out requirements. 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. Only after the Government approves the DIDs and a final price for TIs is negotiated will the Lessor be released to proceed with buildout. The Lease also provides that the Government may modify the TI requirements, subject to the Lessor's right to receive compensation for such changes.

The security pricing process is described in a separate paragraph.

Upon completion and acceptance of the leased Space, the Space will be measured for establishing the actual annual rent, and the Lease Term shall commence. During the term of the Lease, rent will be adjusted for changes to the Lessor's operating costs and real estate taxes, pursuant to paragraphs set forth in Section 2 of the Lease.

Finally, Offerors are advised that doing business with the Government carries special responsibilities with respect to sustainability, fire protection and life safety, and security, as well as other requirements not typically found in private commercial leases. These are set forth both in the lease form and in the GSA Form 3517B, which will be part of the Lease.

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The following paragraphs were added:

PRICING OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS (SEP 2012)

A. This proposed Lease contains an attachment with the security requirements and obligations for the building, which are based on the facility security level (FSL). The Federal Government determines the facility’s FSL rating, which ranges from FSL I to FSL IV. The FSL is based on client agency mix, required size of space, number of employees, use of the space, location, configuration of the site and lot, and public access into and around the facility.

ACTION REQUIRED: SELECT THE APPROPRIATE SUB-PARAGRAPH B. USE THE PARAGRAPH TITLED VERSION 1 FOR FSL I AND II (FIXED BSAC TURNKEY PRICING BEFORE AWARD). USE THE PARAGRAPH TITLED VERSION 2 FOR FSL III AND IV (BSAC PRICING BASED ON PLACEHOLDER DOLLAR ESTIMATE; ACTUAL PRICING AFTER

AWARD).

VERSION 1 (FOR FSL I AND II): FIXED BSAC TURNKEY PRICING BEFORE AWARD

B. The security requirements attached to this Lease includes a list of security countermeasures that must be

Amortized Capital (BSAC) into the rent.

VERSION 2 (FOR FSL III AND IV): BSAC PRICING BASED ON PLACEHOLDER DOLLAR ESTIMATE; ACTUAL

PRICING AFTER AWARD

B. The security requirements attached to this Lease includes a general list of countermeasures that may be the design intent drawings and construction documents. After completing the construction documents, the Lessor shall submit a list of the itemized costs. Such costs shall be subject to negotiation.

C. There shall be no charge to the Government for any items that already exist in the offered Building or facility.

The following paragraph was not edited:

SECURITY LEVEL DETERMINATION FOR FACILITY HOUSING OTHER FEDERAL TENANTS (APR 2011)

If an Offeror is offering Space in a facility currently housing a Federal agency, the security requirements of the facility may be increased and the Offeror may be required to adhere to a higher security standard than other Offerors competing for the same space requirement. If two or more Federal space requirements are being competed at the same time, an Offeror submitting on both or more space requirements may be subject to a higher security standard if the Offeror is determined to be the successful Offeror on more than one space requirement. It is incumbent upon the Offeror to prepare the Offeror’s proposal accordingly.

b. Section 2

The following paragraphs were deleted:

SECURITY (JUN 2012)

The Lease contemplated by this RLP contains Building requirements and other obligations relating to Security. See the attachments to the Lease titled “Security Requirements” and “Security Unit Price List.” The Government determines security levels, requirements and standards for facilities and agency spaces based upon tenant agency mix, use of the Space, size of Space, number of employees, location of the facility, configuration of the site and lot, and public access into and around the facility.

is unique, the final list of security countermeasures will be determined during the design phase and identified in installed in the leased Space as part of the Building Specific Amortized Capital (BSAC).