U. S. Government Seeks Retail and Related Space for Armed Forces Recruiting Office

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking to lease approximately 4,600 gross/rentable square feet of Class A or B retail space located in the 77049 area of Houston, Texas for use as an Armed Forces Recruiting Office. This pre-solicitation notice is issued by the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Fort Worth, a defense agency, to identify potential landlords or property managers willing to lease suitable commercial real estate. The space must comply with all federal, state, and local ordinances and meet Department of Defense Unified Facility Criteria for force protection standards, with either designated or open parking available. Interested parties should submit expressions of interest that include building specifications, as-built floor plans, street-view photographs, rentable and usable square footage calculations, rental rates per square foot, and applicable common area factors. The deadline for all inquiries and expressions of interest is January 1, 2026, and interested parties must contact Jeff Veselka at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth office via mail or email at jeffery.d.veselka@usace.army.mil.

This pre-solicitation notice carries no small business set-aside designation and does not identify any current incumbents or contractors. The federal government has not disclosed a specific budget range or award value for this lease opportunity. The anticipated lease term is five years, representing a medium-to-long-term commitment for property operators. This notice is classified as a request for information only and does not constitute a formal solicitation for offers; therefore, responses at this stage are non-binding and exploratory in nature. Property owners with suitable Class A or B retail space in the Houston 77049 area should prepare comprehensive proposals highlighting their compliance with federal force protection standards and parking availability to enhance their competitiveness for this opportunity.