General Services Administration (GSA) seeks to lease the following space: Solicitation No. 3MD0437

Presolicitation Notice/Advertisement                      GSA Public Buildings Service                                    U.S. GOVERNMENT

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

State: Maryland

City: Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties

Delineated Area: Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties

Minimum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 70,252 ABOA SF

Maximum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 73,765 ABOA SF

Space Type: Office/Warehouse/Flex

Parking Spaces (Total): 312

Parking Spaces (Surface): 312

Parking Spaces (Structured): 0

Parking Spaces (Reserved): 0

Full Term: 10 years

Firm Term: 10 years

Option Term: 5 years

Additional Requirements:

• Space must be contiguous.
• Building must contain a warehouse component with electrical capacity to accommodate 12 large freezers and compressors.
• Building must have generators located on site. If generators are not presently located on site, building must have the ability to accommodate generators. 
• Warehouse portion of offered space must have a minimum clear ceiling height of 22 feet.
• Building must have loading dock for the exclusive use of the Government tenant. This area shall be secured or have ability to be secured.
• The offered building must have the ability to accommodate ISC Level IV Security 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 (Net of janitorial in warehouse and cooling in warehouse portion of space).  Offered space shall not be in the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain (formerly referred to as 100 year floodplain).

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.

The U.S. Government currently occupies office/warehouse and related space in a building under a lease in Silver Spring, MD that will be expiring.  The Government is considering alternative space if economically advantageous.  In making this determination, the Government will consider, among other things, the availability of alternative 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 of tenant improvements and telecommunication infrastructure, and non-productive agency downtime.

This procurement will be subject to all the rules, regulations, conditions, and specifications stated in the Request for Lease Proposal (RLP) package that will be sent out pursuant to this advertisement.

  The Government reserves the right to disregard as inadequate any responses to this notification that fail to include the property-specific information listed below as being mandatory submissions in responding to this notification.

Not all minimum requirements are reflected in this advertisement.

At this time, the Government is only considering existing buildings.  New construction options may be considered only if the building can meet the required delivery date for occupancy.

Expressions of Interest must be received in writing no later than November 18, 2024 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time, and should include the following information at a minimum:

• Building name and address;

• Location of space in the building and date of availability;

• Date the building will be ready to begin constructing tenant improvements;

• Scaled floor plans (as-built) identifying offered space;

• An estimated rental rate, for the firm and renewal terms, per ABOA and rentable square foot, fully serviced and inclusive of a tenant improvement allowances (TIA) of $9.826/ABOA SF (warehouse) and $58.956/ABOA SF (office).

• Name, address, telephone number, and email address of authorized contact.

Owners, brokers, or agents may offer space for consideration. Any properties submitted by brokers or agents must be accompanied by written evidence that they are authorized by the ownership to exclusively represent the building offered.

Expressions of Interest Due: November 18, 2024

Market Survey (Estimated): December 2024

Occupancy (Estimated): 10/01/2025

Send Expressions of Interest to:

Name/Title: Brad Seifert/Broker Contractor

Address: 2445 M Street, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20037

Cell: (703) 582-1807

Email Address: Bradford.seifert@gsa.gov

And To:

Name/Title: Hunter Powell/Broker Contractor

Address: 2445 M Street, NW, Suite 510, Washington, DC 20037

Cell: (504) 301-7139

Email Address: Hunter.powell@gsa.gov

Government Contact Information

Lease Contracting Officer: Kevin Morrison

Leasing Specialist: Michael Gerrior

Broker: Public Properties