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“LEASE EXTENSION” JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

LEASE NUMBER: L00PL00172

DELEGATED PROJECT NO. DID06350-002

LEASE LOCATION: Idaho Falls, ID AGENCY NAME: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

1. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTION BEING APPROVED.

The BLM currently leases and occupies a total of 70,186 rentable square feet (RSF) of office and warehouse space, located at 1405 Hollipark Drive under BLM’s delegated lease authority, lease number L00PL00172. The current lease expires on October 23, 2025. Delegated authority is requested to enter into a lease extension with the incumbent landlord for continued occupancy, without full and open competition.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED.

The BLM has a continuing need for 70,186 RSF of contiguous office space in Idaho Falls, ID for the operations of the Idaho Falls District Office. The Idaho Falls ASR is considered the priority for the State of Idaho. BLM Real Estate Leasing Services anticipates a site visit in the spring of 2025 to Idaho Falls for collecting requirements and the ultimate delivery of the Idaho Falls ASR package. The lease extension will allow BLM and GSA the time it requires to complete the new lease acquisition process as well as build out any necessary tenant improvements. Therefore, BLM is requesting a five (5) year extension with the new term ending 10/23/2030.

The estimated annual rental cost for the extended Term is $ ( ). The total contract value, not including estimated annual CPI adjustments pursuant to the terms of the current Lease, is approximately

3. IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY.

41 U.S.C. §3304, Use of noncompetitive procedures; and GSAM 570.405, Lease Extensions.

4. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE ACQUISITION REQUIRES THE USE OF THE AUTHORITY

CITED.

GSAM 570.405. Subsection (a): applies to extension of the Term of a lease to provide for continued occupancy on a short-term basis; and subsection (c): FAR 6.302-1 permits contracting without providing for full and open competition when the property or services needed by the agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the agency. 41 U.S. Code §3304, subsection (a)(1): the property or services needed by the executive agency are available from only one responsible source and no other type of property or services will satisfy the needs of the executive agency.

5. DESCRIPTION OF EFFORTS TO SOLICIT AS MANY OFFERS AS PRACTICAL.

On October 18, 2024, the BLM, National Operations Center (NOC) published a sources sought notice on SAM.gov in accordance with the provisions of GSAM 570.402-2 and received no responses that met BLM’s requirements. The incumbent lessor expressed an interest in entering into a lease extension.

6. DEMONSTRATION THAT THE ANTICIPATED COST WILL BE FAIR AND REASONABLE.

In accordance with FAR 6.303-2(b)(7), the Contracting Officer determined by certifying this document that the anticipated cost to the Government of is fair and reasonable, as further explained below.

7. DESCRIPTION OF MARKET SURVEY CONDUCTED.

BLM staff conducted a preliminary market analysis within the project area using Costar to determine the availability of comparable and more economical sites and was unable to identify any sites in the survey area that could accommodate this requirement.