SLAT level Memo Redacted.pdf

GSA – PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE

Region 4 – Southeast Sunbelt

US GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Public Buildings Service| Leasing division (4P) 77 Forsyth Street SW, Suite G-40 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3458 www.gsa.gov

Memo to File

Project Number: 2MS0193

Documentation to Explain the Absence of Competition – Lease Extension Within SLAT

Lease number LMS44070 occupied by ICE, FPS and SBA, located at 2510 14TH STREET, GULFPORT, MS will expire on December 31, 2022. It has been determined that the Government requires an extension for 24 months as noted in the Acquisition Plan located in the Project file.

The estimated net annual rent of this action is $88,135.50, which is within the Simplified Lease Acquisition

Threshold (SLAT).

The decision to pursue a lease extension is supported by GSAR 570.405.

The agency occupying the leased space is scheduled to move into other Federally controlled space, but encounters unexpected delays in preparing the new space for occupancy;

The government encounters unexpected delays outside of its control in acquiring replacement space;

The government is consolidating various agencies and the contracting officer needs to extend the terms of some leases to establish a common expiration date;

The agency occupying the space has encountered delays in planning for a potential relocation to other federally controlled space due to documented organizational, financial, or other uncertainties.

This extension for a lease below the simplified lease acquisition threshold (SLAT) is necessary as:

Cost based rationale

Lease extensions represent short-term contracting actions which are necessary to protect the occupancy rights of the government when the government cannot vacate the premises by the expiration of the existing contract term. Extensions avoid the costs associated with holdover tenancies. Additionally, the government cannot reasonably expect to recover the costs associated with relocation of the tenant agency through full and open competition of a separate short-term lease to cover the term of this extension.

Mission based rationale

Prepared/ Approved By:

2/17/2022

X Eugene B. Wright

Lease Contracting Officer

Signed by: EUGENE WRIGHT www.gsa.gov EugeneBWright Highlight