General Services Administration (GSA) seeks to lease the following space:

State: Alabama

City: Florence

Delineated Area: NORTH: Highway 133/Cox Creek Parkway; SOUTH: Highway 72; EAST Highway 157; WEST: Highway 23

Minimum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 13,796

Maximum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 14,485

Space Type: Office

Parking Spaces (Total): Code requirement

Parking Spaces (Surface): Code requirement

Parking Spaces (Structured): Code requirement

Parking Spaces (Reserved): Code requirement

Full Term: 10 Years

Firm Term: 5 Years

Option Term: 0

Additional Requirements: Contiguous space on a single floor is preferred.

The Government shall have access to the space 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. 

Offered space should be no more than twice as long as it is wide.

The space should not be located immediately adjacent to railroad tracks.

Buildings containing warehouse, residential, or manufacturing facilities or buildings located in or near industrial or manufacturing zones or complexes shall not be acceptable.

Space shall be located not more than the equivalent of ¼ mile from a primary or secondary street serving the office.

Space shall not be located near bars, nightclubs and liquor stores.

Space shall not be located near dry cleaners, beauty salons, bingo parlors or other businesses that produce large fluctuations in traffic or smells detectable with the office space.

The Government currently occupies office and related space at 204 South Walnut Street in Florence, AL under an expiring lease and will consider alternative space if economically advantageous.  The Government will use the information it receives in response to this advertisement as a basis to develop a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether to compete the lease requirement or pursue a sole source justification to remain at its current location.  In making this determination, the Government will consider, among other things, the availability of alternate space that potentially can satisfy the Government’s requirements, as well as costs likely to be incurred through relocating, such as physical move costs, replication and alterations of tenant improvements, telecommunications and information technology infrastructure, and non-productive agency downtime.

The Government’s decision regarding whether to relocate will be based, in part, on information received in response to this notification.  In the event that a potentially acceptable offer fails to provide required information as part of its response to this notification, the Government reserves the right to assume that the building in question cannot meet the Government’s requirements.

Offered space must meet Government requirements for fire safety, accessibility, seismic, and sustainability standards per the terms of the Lease.  A fully serviced lease is required.  Offered space shall not be in the 100-year flood plain.

Entities are advised to familiarize themselves with the telecommunications prohibitions outlined under Section 889 of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).  ).  For more information, visit: https://acquisition.gov/FAR-Case-2019-009/889_Part_B.

Expressions of Interest Due: 12/04/2023 - please reference #0AL2111 in your submission.

Market Survey (Estimated): December 2023

Occupancy (Estimated): September 1, 2024

Expressions of interest must include the following information:

1. Building name and address and location of the available space within the building
2. Rentable square feet available, and expected rental rate per rentable square foot, fully serviced
3. ABOA square feet to be offered, and expected rental rate per ABOA square foot, fully service.  Indicate whether the quoted rental rate includes an amount for tenant improvements and state the amount, if any.
4. Date of space availability
5. Building ownership information
6. Amount of parking available on-site and its cost.  Include whether expected rental rate includes the cost of the required Government parking (if any)
7. Energy efficiency and renewable energy features existing within the building
8. List of building services provided
9. Building, space, and parking accessibility in compliance with ABAAS.