Burley ID JOTFOC Redacted.pdf

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

LEASE NUMBER: L99PL00011

DELEGATED PROJECT NO. DID06977-002

LEASE LOCATION: Burley, 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 9,246 square feet (SF) of office space located at 15

East 200 South, Burley, ID 83318 under BLM’s delegated lease authority, lease number L99PL00011.

The current lease expires on October 30, 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 contiguous office space in Burley, ID for the operations of the Burley Field Office. BLM is in the process of gathering funding to build a new Field Office on BLM owned land in Burley, Idaho. The construction will begin as soon as enough funding has been obligated for a new field office. In the meantime, BLM is requesting a five (5) year extension with the option to terminate after 36 months which will allow the government to act quickly if the construction of the new BLM office is completed prior to the 5 year term.

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 24, 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.

Burley, ID is a small town of less than 12,000 people (2020 Census). The Costar search only yielded one office property for lease and the asking rate was listed at or . To