General Services Administration (GSA) seeks to lease the following space: El Paso, Texas

The General Services Administration seeks to lease 16,817 usable square feet of office space in El Paso, Texas, with proposals due July 9, 2026. The procurement carries no set-aside and is an unrestricted competitive solicitation for a 17-year lease term with 15 years firm.

Place of performance is El Paso, Texas, within a defined downtown area bounded by East Franklin Avenue to the north, North Virginia Street to the east, East Paisano Drive to the south, and South Mesa Street to the west. Space must be located on the second floor or above and be contiguous and self-contained, accessible only through an authorized reception area entry point. The building cannot house any law enforcement agency, the U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Probation Office, Pretrial Services Office, or Bureau of Prisons.

The space will accommodate the Federal Public Defender's Office and requires 43 structured, reserved, secured parking spaces. Distinctive requirements include acoustic confidentiality via slab-to-slab partitions with 5/8-inch drywall, sound gaskets on doors, and sound attenuation in ductwork; a 300 usable square foot server room with dedicated 24/7 cooling at 68–70 degrees and static dissipative flooring; solid core wooden interior doors 1.75 inches minimum thickness with 16-gauge steel frames and dead bolt locks; built-in reception screening counter and duress alarm devices at multiple locations; card reader or keypad access controls; and infrastructure for U.S. Marshals Service installation of entry control and perimeter security systems. Buildings must demonstrate potential for fiber optic cabling if a multi-mode system is not in place, comply with seismic safety standards (moderate seismicity), contain no asbestos-containing materials, meet ENERGY STAR certification, and satisfy fire safety, accessibility, and sustainability standards. The space must not be located in the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain.

Pricing must include a fully serviced lease rate itemizing building shell rental, tenant improvement (TI) rate, Building-Specific Amortized Capital (BSAC) rate, operating costs, and parking costs. The TI allowance is $48.94 per ABOA square foot; the BSAC amount is $12.00 per ABOA square foot. Award will be made to the responsible offeror with the lowest priced technically acceptable offer based on present value evaluation at 5 percent discount over the 17-year term. The NAICS code is 53112, Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses). The Lease Contracting Officer is Kacy Cameron (206-249-5330; kacy.cameron@gsa.gov).