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U.S. General Services Administration GSA Region 10

Leasing Division – Auburn, WA

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

CURRENT LEASE NUMBER: GS-10B-06899

NEW LEASE NUMBER: N/A – 2 Year Extension

PROJECT NUMBER: 6WA0469

Agency Name: Internal Revenue Service – Tacoma, WA

1. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTION BEING APPROVED.

The General Services Administration currently leases 16,918 rentable square feet (RSF) yielding 14,717 ANSI-BOMA Office Area Square Feet (ABOA SF) of office space located at Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402-4301, under lease number GS-10B-06899 (the “Lease”) for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Lease also includes six parking spaces on-site and six parking spaces located nearby.

The current lease expires on June 30, 2017.

Initial project planning for a replacement lease revolved around a potential superseding lease for a revised footprint. As part of the due diligence for that action, GSA determined that the existing location is not fire life safety compliant and cannot be made compliant, as compliance would require the relocation of two main internal stairways.

Therefore, a full and open procurement and relocation is required. GSA fire life safety engineers have suggested that with some alterations, such as the addition of fire doors and opening a new doorway in a wall, that the Lease could be extended for a short period to allow time to formulate a long-term solution. GSA has conveyed these ideas to the Lessor and the Lessor is currently working on permitting those alterations. IRS is currently late with developing its new requirements for a long-term leasing solution which may or may not result in consolidation of its footprint.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED.

Given IRS’s timeline for new requirements, a two (2) year extension is in the best interest of the Government.

Therefore, this requirement is for 16,918 RSF, yielding 14,717 ABOA, for a 2-year firm extension term, such extension term to commence July 1, 2017. The estimated total annual cost for the first year at the incumbent location has a 2-year estimated total contract value of $998,880.40.

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While this market research was performed in an attempt to estimate market rates, it is unknown if any of the identified alternative locations would meet GSA’s requirements for Seismic, Accessibility or Fire/Life Safety.

8. OTHER FACTS SUPPORTING USE OF OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION.

A short-term extension facilitating the development of long-term requirements will avoid a lease holdover.

9. LIST OF SOURCES THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE ACQUISITION.

10. STATEMENT OF ACTIONS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO COMPETITION.

In accordance with GSAM 570.402-2 and 570.402-5, future follow-on requirements to this requirement will include an advertisement of the requirement in FedBizOpps in support of developing the market survey. Based upon the results of the cost-benefit analysis, either a request for lease proposal (RLP) will be issued competitively, or an only known source justification will be developed if the analysis shows relocation costs cannot be recovered.

Document Attachments:

Exhibit A – Tacoma Central Business District Exhibit B – Exhibit C – Exhibit D – Exhibit E –

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11. PREPARED BY*

________________________________________ Date______________________ Theodore A. Saibeni, Lease Contracting Specialist

12. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION*+

I certify that the supporting data used to form the basis of this justification is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief.

________________________________________ Date______________________ Lindsey D. Snow, Branch Chief / Lease Contracting Officer

13. CONTRACTING OFFICER CERTIFICATION*

By signature on this Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition, the Contracting Officer certifies that the award of a two-year extension of 16,918 RSF is in the Government’s best interest and that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.

__________________________________________ Date_____________________ Lindsey D. Snow, Branch Chief / Lease Contracting Officer

14. LEASING DIVISION REVIEW

Concurred :

__________________________________________ Date_____________________ Lindsey D. Snow, Branch Chief

See signature below.

See signature above.

THEODORE SAIBENI

Digitally signed by THEODORE SAIBENI DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=General Services Administration, cn=THEODORE SAIBENI, 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1=47001003238829 Date: 2016.09.20 12:03:30 -07'00'

LINDSEY SNOW

Digitally signed by LINDSEY SNOW DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=General Services Administration, cn=LINDSEY SNOW, 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1=47001000661795 Date: 2016.09.20 12:46:52 -07'00'

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Approved:

__________________________________________ Date_____________________ Ann T. Crawley, Director

15. LEGAL REVIEW – N/A – Contract not over $12,500,000

16. ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION REVIEW – NA – Contract not over $5,000,000

ANAMARIE

CRAWLEY

Digitally signed by ANAMARIE CRAWLEY DN: c=US, o=U.S. Government, ou=General Services Administration, cn=ANAMARIE CRAWLEY, 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1=47001000051312 Date: 2016.09.21 10:51:31 -07'00'