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

LEASE NUMBER: L04PL00310

DELEGATED PROJECT NO. DAZ05318-002

LEASE LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ AGENCY NAME: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

1. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTION BEING APPROVED.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) presently occupies 42,399 RSF / 36,112 Office USF on two (2) floors of the One North Central Ave. leased premises for the operations of BLM's Arizona State Office. BLM's Lease No. L04PL00310 expires September 29, 2025. BLM has occupied this space since 2005 and this is the second lease extension request for this location.

2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLIES OR SERVICES REQUIRED.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Contracting officer proposes to enter into a five (5) year, three

(3) years firm, lease extension on a basis of other than full and open competition for continued occupancy of leased space located in Phoenix, Arizona. The lease agreement was initially occupied on 9/30/2005 and will be expiring on 9/29/2025.

BLM initially approached GSA Region 9 regional account manager (Mike Bernatz) about extending the lease for the Arizona State Office for eight (8) years/ five (5) years firm term since GSA Region 9 is presently managing several projects for BLM in multiple locations: Alturas CA, Susanville CA, Bishop CA, and Las Vegas, NV. El Centro, CA is expected to be submitted FY25.

However, GSA Region 9 requested an Agency Specific Requirement (ASR) package and a five (5) year/ three (3) year firm extended term to allow flexibility for a new GSA lease acquisition.

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 January 30, 2025, the BLM, National Operations Center (NOC) duly published a pre-solicitation notice on SAM.gov in accordance with the provisions of GSAM 570.402-2 and received 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 on 11/1/2024 using Costar. The results for the Costar research are in the GREX Phoenix, Arizona project folder.