JOTFOC Richfield UT Redacted.pdf

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

LEASE NUMBER: L99PL00041

DELEGATED PROJECT NO. DUT05552-002

LEASE LOCATION: Richfield, UT AGENCY NAME: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

1. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTION BEING APPROVED.

The BLM currently leases and occupies a total of 18,725 rentable square feet (RSF) consisting of 9,430 SF of office space, 8,190 SF of warehouse space, and 1,105 SF of common space located at 150 East 900 North, Richfield, UT 84701 under BLM’s delegated lease authority, lease number L99PL00041. The current lease expires on May 31, 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 18,725 RSF of contiguous office and warehouse space in Richfield, UT for the operations of the Richfield Field Office. BLM’s top priorities in the State of Utah are the Utah State Office (Salt Lake City) and the Moab Field Office. The cost to procure two large OAs requires BLM to strategically schedule the Utah ASR projects. In addition to the large costs anticipated for the Utah State Office and Moab Field Office, BLM is already working with GSA Region 8 on five BLM Wyoming projects, Salt Lake City, and St. George, UT.

While BLM works with GSA to complete higher priority projects, BLM is requesting a full Term of five (5) years firm term ending May 31, 2030. The estimated annual rental cost for the extended Term is $ The total contract value 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 July 18, 2023 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 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 /Year 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 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.

Costar only identified one office space for lease in Richfield, UT. The space was a former 2,545 Square Foot Forest Service office building which had an asking price of /Year NNN. Costar could not