01._57-42003-25-NR_R103_(11.25.24).pdf

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USDA REQUEST

FOR LEASE

PROPOSALS

NO. 57-42003-25-NR

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Offers due by 12/10/2024

In order to be considered for award, offers conforming to the requirements of the RLP shall be received no later than 12:00 PM EST on the date above. See “Receipt Of Lease Proposals” herein for additional information.

This Request for Lease Proposals ("RLP") sets forth instructions and requirements for proposals for a Lease described in the RLP documents.

Proposals conforming to the RLP requirements will be evaluated in accordance with the Basis of Award set forth herein to select an Offeror for award. The Government will award the Lease to the selected Offeror, subject to the conditions herein.

The information collection requirements contained in this Solicitation/Contract, that are not required by regulation, have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned the OMB Control No. 3090-0086.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1 - STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

1.01 GENERAL INFORMATION (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

1.02 AMOUNT AND TYPE OF SPACE AND LEASE TERM (SLAT) (OCT 2020)

1.03 NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE AND SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD (OCT 2023) 2

1.04 NEIGHBORHOOD, PARKING, LOCATION AMENITIES, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (OCT 2023)

SECTION 2 - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

2.01 INCORPORATED SOLICITATION PROVISIONS (SMALL) (OCT 2024)

2.02 FLOOD PLAINS (OCT 2022)

SECTION 3 - ELIGIBILITY AND PREFERENCES FOR AWARD

3.01 BASIS OF AWARD (OCT 2023)

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3.07 HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN PRICE PREFERENCE WAIVER (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

SECTION 4 - HOW TO OFFER

4.01 RECEIPT OF LEASE PROPOSALS (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

4.02 PROPOSAL CONTENTS FOR SMALL LEASES (OCT 2024)

4.03 FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SUBMITTALS (SMALL) (OCT 2020)

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SECTION 1 - STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS

1.01 GENERAL INFORMATION (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

A. This Request for Lease Proposals (RLP) sets forth instructions and requirements for proposals for a Lease described in the RLP documents.

The Government will evaluate proposals conforming to the RLP requirements in accordance with the Basis of Award set forth below to select an Offeror for award. The Government will award the Lease to the selected Offeror, subject to the conditions below.

B. Included in the RLP documents are the GSA Form 3626 (U.S. GOVERNMENT LEASE FOR REAL PROPERTY (Short Form)) which serves as an offer form and lease contract award document Supplemental Lease Requirements document, and GSA 3517A, General Clauses.

C. The Offeror's executed GSA Form 3626 shall constitute a firm offer. No Lease shall be formed until the Lease Contracting Officer (LCO) executes the GSA Form 3626 and delivers a signed copy to the Offeror.

D. Offeror may not use Federal agency name(s) and/or acronym(s), e.g., Department of Agriculture, USDA, in the entity name that owns and/or leases the Space to USDA.

1.02 AMOUNT AND TYPE OF SPACE AND LEASE TERM (SLAT) (OCT 2020)

The Space shall be located in a modern quality Building of sound and substantial construction with a facade of stone, marble, brick, stainless steel, aluminum or other permanent materials in good condition and acceptable to the LCO. If not a new Building, the Space offered shall be in a Building that has undergone, or will complete by occupancy, modernization, or adaptive reuse for the Space with modern conveniences.

State: Pennsylvania City: Pittsburgh

County: Allegheny County Delineated Area: North: Monongahela River

East: South Tenth (10th) Street Bridge South: PA-837/ East Carson Street West: Liberty Bridge

Minimum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 944 ABOA SF Minimum Maximum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 1,044 ABOA SF Maximum

Maximum Sq. Ft. (RSF): Not to exceed 1,193 RSF Space Type: General-purpose office and related space

GOV Surface/ Outside Reserved Parking Spaces:

One (1) surface/ outside surface reserved parking space located on-site for Government Official Vehicles owned or leased on behalf of the Government or privately owned vehicles designated for official use in performance of the Government’s mission. This parking space shall be designated for USDA/Government-Use Only.

Producer/ Visitor Surface/ Outside Reserved Parking Spaces:

Three (3) surface/ outside surface reserved parking space located on-site for privately owned producer and/or visitor parking. Parking shall be within a maximum walking distance of 300 feet of the designated public entrance of the Property.

Employee Surface/ Outside Non- Reserved Parking Space:

Five (5) surface/ outside non-reserved parking spaces for privately owned government employee use. These parking spaces shall either be on-site or off-site not exceeding ¼ walkable mile (1,320 feet) of the designated employee entrance of the Premises.

Full Term: Five (5) Years (60-Months) Firm Term: One (1) Year (12-Months). The firm lease period shall be made effective with a final lease amendment establishing full beneficial occupancy following the government’s acceptance of any potential space in accordance with the terms of any final, negotiated lease contract.

Option Term: Three (3), Five (5) Year priced renewal options.

Termination Rights: 120-days in whole or in parts after expiration of the firm lease term

Tenant Improvements: Turnkey Tenant Improvements: Scope of Work TBD based on build-out condition of offered space(s)

Additional Requirements: • Square feet may reflect non-USDA partners where NRCS provides workspace to partners through agreement.

• The Government wishes to lease space within an existing building. New construction will only be considered if it can be delivered by the estimated occupancy date established in the lease.

• The space offered, its location, and its surrounding areas must be compatible with the Government’s intended use – general-purpose office space.

• The space shall be located in a commercial area with professional surroundings with a prevalence of modern design and/or tasteful rehabilitation in modern use.

• The space offered will not be considered where any living quarters are located within the building.

• Building and space shall not be adjacent to a tenant or business whose primary operation is the sale of alcoholic beverages, where firearms are sold and/or discharged, or where tenants related to drug treatment or detention facilities are located.

• Subleases are not acceptable.

• Employees and visitor entrances of the building must be connected to well-maintained public sidewalks by continuous, accessible sidewalks.

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• A subway, light rail, or bus stop shall be located within the immediate vicinity of the Building, but generally not exceeding a safe, accessible, walkable 2,640 feet (1/2 mile) from the principle functional entrance of the building, as determined by the LCO.

• First floor or ground floor space is preferred, shall be contiguous within the building and continuous on the same floor, and shall meet the accessibility requirements of the Lease.

• If the Space is located above the first- or ground floors, the space shall have a minimum of one (1) elevator meeting the accessibility requirements of the Lease.

• The Government will have access to the Space 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Normal hours of operation are Monday through Friday 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Federal Holidays).

• Offered space must meet Government requirements for fire safety, accessibility, seismic, and sustainability standards per the terms of the lease.

• A fully serviced lease is required.

• Offered space shall not be in the 1-percent-annual chance floodplain (formerly referred to as “100-year” floodplain).

1.03 NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE AND SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD (OCT 2023)

A. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 531120 (Exception).

B. The small business size standard for the applicable NAICS code is found at HTTPS://WWW.SBA.GOV/DOCUMENT/SUPPORT-TABLE-

SIZE-STANDARDS STANDARDS.

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B. Neighborhood and Parking. Outside City Center: Space shall be located 1) in an office, research, technology, or business park that is modern in design with a campus-like atmosphere; or, 2) on an attractively landscaped site containing one or more modern office Buildings that are professional and prestigious in appearance with the surrounding development well maintained and in consonance with a professional image.

The parking-to-square-foot ratio available on-site shall at least meet current local code requirements, or, in the absence of a local code requirement, on-site parking shall be available at a ratio of one (1) space for every 200 RSF of Space.

C. Walkability and Amenities. Employee and visitor entrances of the Building must be connected to public sidewalks by continuous, accessible sidewalks.

D. Transit Accessibility. A subway, light rail, or bus rapid transit stop shall be located within the immediate vicinity of the Building, but generally not exceeding a safely accessible, walkable 1/4 mile (2,640 feet) from the principal functional entrance of the building, as determined by the

LCO.

SECTION 2 - SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

2.01 INCORPORATED SOLICITATION PROVISIONS (SMALL) (OCT 2024)

GSA 3516A, SOLICITATION PROVISIONS (For Simplified Acquisition of Leasehold Interests in Real Property) are attached to this RLP.

2.02 FLOOD PLAINS (OCT 2022)

A. A Lease will not be awarded for any offered Property located within a 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain (formerly referred to as 100-year floodplain) unless the Government has determined that there is no practicable alternative. An Offeror may offer less than its entire site in order to exclude a portion of the site that falls within a floodplain, so long as the portion offered meets all the requirements of this RLP and does not impact the Government’s full use and enjoyment of the Premises. If an Offeror intends that the offered Property that will become the Premises for purposes of this Lease will be something other than the entire site as recorded in tax or other property records the Offeror shall clearly demarcate the offered Property on its site plan/map submissions and shall propose an adjustment to property taxes on an appropriate pro rata basis. For such an offer, the Government may determine that the offered Property does not adequately avoid development in a 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain.

B. In addition, a Lease will not be awarded for any offered Property adjacent to 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain, where such an adjacency would, as determined by the Government, restrict ingress or egress to the Premises in the event of a flood, unless there is no practicable alternative.

SECTION 3 - ELIGIBILITY AND PREFERENCES FOR AWARD

3.01 BASIS OF AWARD (OCT 2023)

A. Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Approach. The Lease will be awarded to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforms to the requirements of this RLP and Lease documents and is the lowest priced technically acceptable offer submitted, based on the lowest price per square foot, according to the ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2017 definition for Occupant Area, which means “the total aggregated area used by an

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Occupant before Load Factors are applied, consisting of Tenant Area and Tenant Ancillary Area.” The Method A – Multiple Load Factor Method shall apply.

B. Price evaluation will be based on the lowest price per square foot, according to the ANSI/BOMA Z65.1-2017 definition for Occupant Area, which means “the total aggregated area used by an Occupant before Load Factors are applied, consisting of Tenant Area and Tenant Ancillary Area.” The Method A – Multiple Load Factor Method shall apply.

C. See FAR Clause 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns, as listed under the attached GSA 3517A, General Clauses.

D. If an offer contains terms taking exception to or modifying any Lease provision, the Government will not be under any obligation to award a Lease in response to that offer.

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3.07 HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN PRICE PREFERENCE WAIVER (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

A HUBZone small business concern (SBC) Offeror may elect to waive the price evaluation preference provided in the “Basis of Award” paragraph. In such a case, no price evaluation preference shall apply to the evaluation of the HUBZone SBC.

SECTION 4 - HOW TO OFFER

4.01 RECEIPT OF LEASE PROPOSALS (SMALL) (OCT 2023)

A. Offeror is authorized to transmit its lease proposal as an attachment to an email. Offeror's email shall include the name, address and telephone number of the Offeror, and identify the name and title of the individual signing on behalf of the Offeror. Offeror's signed Lease proposal must be saved in a generally accessible format (such as portable document format (pdf)), which displays a visible image of all original document signatures and must be transmitted as an attachment to the email. Only emails transmitted to, and received at, the USDA email address identified in the RLP will be accepted. Offeror submitting a Lease proposal by email shall retain in its possession, and make available upon USDA's request, its original signed proposal. Offeror choosing not to submit its proposal via email may still submit its lease proposal, by United States mail, or other express delivery service of Offeror's choosing.

B. In order to be considered for award, offers conforming to the requirements of the RLP shall be received no later than 12:00 PM Eastern on the date specified below at the following designated office and address, or email address:

DATE: Tuesday, December 10, 2024

EMAIL ADDRESS:

SHANNON.SCHOENING@USDA.GOV

DAVID.HAN@USDA.GOV

DANNY.KELLY@USDA.GOV

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D. Offers transmitted through email shall be deemed late if received at the designated email address after the date and time established for receipt of offers unless it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m. one Working Day prior to the date specified for receipt of proposals.

E. Offers may be also deemed timely if there is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of proposals and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of proposals; or if it was the only proposal received.

F. There will be no public opening of offers, and all offers will be confidential until the Lease has been awarded. However, the Government may release proposals outside the Government such as to support contractors to assist in the evaluation of offers. Such Government contractors shall be required to protect the data from unauthorized disclosure.

4.02 PROPOSAL CONTENTS FOR SMALL LEASES (OCT 2024)

The proposal shall consist of the following documents:

DOCUMENT NAME OR DESCRIPTION

(EXHIBIT A) U.S. Government Lease For Real Property (Short Form) (GSA Form 3626), completed and signed by Offeror (EXHIBIT B) Supplemental Lease Requirements, initialed by Offeror

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(EXHIBIT C) Agency Specific Requirements, initialed by Offeror (EXHIBIT D) USDA ADP Room and Wiring Guide (EXHIBIT E) USDA Signage Guide (EXHIBIT F) Security Requirements (FSL LEVEL 1), initialed by Offeror (EXHIBIT G) GSA 3517A, General Clauses, initialed by Offeror (EXHIBIT H) Floor plan of space and Site Plan showing parking per RLP, provided by Offeror (EXHIBIT I) FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment Lessor’s Annual Cost Statement (GSA Form 1217), completed and signed Offeror Valid Certificate of Occupancy issued by the local jurisdiction, provided by Offeror GSA Form 12000 Fire Protection and Life Safety information and documents (See applicable Fire Protection and Life Safety paragraphs) Auto CAD or scaled floor plans delineating the Premises proposed by the Offeror Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to the Lease Award Date, including completion of all required representations and certifications. This registration service is free of charge. The Offeror must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), via the Internet at HTTP://WWW.SAM.GOV prior to the Lease Award Date. Offerors must be registered for purposes of “All Awards,” including completion of all required representations and certifications within SAM. This registration service is free of charge.

Evidence of ownership or control of Building or site, including a copy of the Property deed If the Offeror owns the Property being offered or has a long-term leasehold interest, the deed or lease must be submitted to the LCO evidencing the Offeror's stated interest in the Property and any encumbrances on the Property.

Authorization to Represent. Authorization from the ownership entity to submit an offer on the ownership entity’s behalf, if the offeror is not the owner of the Property Proof of signing authority (see GSA 3516A, Solicitation Provisions): As a condition of lease award, the Government will require one of the following forms of proof of signing authority before the Government executes the Lease:

1. Corporation – Copy of Articles of Incorporation and bylaws. In addition, a copy of the resolution, signed by the necessary directors of the corporation authorizing the corporate officer who will sign the lease to bind the corporation to the Lease.

2. Partnership – Copy of Partnership Agreement, Statement of Partnership, or Statement of Limited Partnership and evidence of authority of signatory to bind the partnership if not expressly authorized by the Partnership Agreement.

3. Limited Liability Company – Copy of the Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement. Also, evidence of the authority of the signing manager (if company is manager owned) or member (if the company is member managed) to sign, if not expressly authorized by the Articles of Organization and/or Operating Agreement.

4. Joint Venture – Copy of Joint Venture Agreement and evidence of authority of signatory to bind the Joint Venture to the Lease.

Small Business Subcontracting Plan, if applicable

4.03 FIRE PROTECTION AND LIFE SAFETY SUBMITTALS (SMALL) (OCT 2020)

A. The Offeror must submit the Fire Protection and Life Safety (FPLS) Submittal Information in A.1 through A.5, unless the Building meets either exemption in sub-paragraph B or C below.

1. Completed GSA Form 12000, Prelease Fire Protection and Life Safety Evaluation for an Office Building (Part A or Part B, as applicable).

2. A copy of the previous year’s fire alarm system maintenance record showing compliance with the requirements in NFPA 72 (if a system is installed in the Building).

3. A copy of the previous year’s automatic fire sprinkler system maintenance record showing compliance with the requirements in NFPA 25 (if a system is installed in the Building).

4. Computer generated plans set to 1/8" = 1'-0" (preferred). Plans submitted for consideration shall include floor plan(s) for which Space is being offered and floor plan(s) of the floor(s) of exit discharge (e.g., street level(s)). Each plan submitted shall include the locations of all exit stairs, elevators, and the Space(s) being offered to the Government. In addition, where Building exit stairs are interrupted or discontinued before the level of exit discharge, additional floor plans for the level(s) where exit stairs are interrupted or discontinued must also be provided.

5. A valid Building Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) issued by the local jurisdiction. If the Building C of O is not available or the local jurisdiction does not issue a Building C of O, provide a report prepared by a licensed fire protection engineer with their assessment of the Building regarding compliance with all applicable local Fire Protection and Life Safety-related codes and ordinances.

B. If the Space offered is 10,000 RSF or less in area and is located on the 1st floor of the Building, Offeror is not required to submit to GSA the Fire Protection and Life Safety (FPLS) Submittal Information listed in A.1 through A.5 above.

C. If the Offeror provides a Building C of O obtained under any edition of the International Building Code (IBC), and the offered Space meets or will meet all the requirements of the Lease with regard to Means of Egress, Automatic Fire Sprinkler System, and Fire Alarm System prior to occupancy, then Offeror is not required to submit to GSA the FPLS Submittal Information in A.1 through A.5 above.

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