5PA0506 JOFOC 7-2-25_Redacted.pdf

Revised Nov 2023

Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition, Extension United States General Services Administration

Region 3 Real Estate Acquisition Division

Public Buildings Service

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

PROJECT NUMBER: 5PA0506

Agency Name: Internal Revenue Service

1. NATURE AND/OR DESCRIPTION OF ACTION BEING APPROVED.

The General Services Administration (GSA) currently leases 21,353 ANSI/BOMA occupancy area square feet/23,488 rentable square feet of office space at the Henderson Building, 601 South Henderson Road in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, under lease number GS-03P-LPA00030 for the Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service. The current lease expires December 14, 2026. Approval is requested to negotiate a lease extension with the incumbent Lessor without full and open competition for continued occupancy at this leased location. The procedures for pursuing a lease extension are detailed in GSAR 570.405: Lease Extensions.

2.

(INCLUDING ESTIMATED VALUE).

The Internal Revenue Service requires an extension of the current Lease for five years, one year firm to commence on December 15, 2026. A short term extension of the Lease is required to provide the Internal Revenue Service with additional time to develop revised long term requirements for the location. The estimated cost of this lease extension is $ per rentable square foot per year for an annual cost of $ and a total contract value of $ . This information is based on the current fully serviced rental rate of the existing Lease. No Tenant Improvement or Building Specific Amortized Capital work will be completed at the location.

There is no vacant Federal space available.

3. IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION.

41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1): Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This statutory authority is implemented through GSAR 570.405. In accordance with GSAR 570.405, use of the sole source authority is appropriate when the government experiences a delay in acquiring replacement space.

The agency occupying the leased space is scheduled to move into other Federally controlled space, but encounters unexpected delays in preparing the new space for occupancy

The Government encounters unexpected delays outside of its control in acquiring replacement space

The Government is consolidating various agencies and the contracting officer needs to extend the terms of some leases to establish a common expiration date

The agency occupying the space has encountered delays in planning for a potential relocation to other federally controlled space due to documented organizational, financial, or other uncertainties