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

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering District Fort Worth, is seeking to lease approximately 1,500 gross and rentable square feet of existing Class A or B retail space located in or near Katy, Texas to support an Armed Forces recruiting office. The procurement requires that the space comply with all federal, state, and local ordinances and meet Department of Defense Unified Facility Criteria for force protection standards. Interested parties must submit expressions of interest that include specific documentation such as building name and address, as-built floor plan drawings, digital street-view photographs, area measurements in BOMA rentable and usable square feet, rental rates per square foot, and applicable common area factors. This is a request for information only and not a formal solicitation for offers at this stage. Prospective lessors should contact Jeff Veselka at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth office at jeffery.d.veselka@usace.army.mil or by mail to provide their expressions of interest.

No set-aside designations apply to this procurement opportunity, and no incumbent contractor or potential award value has been identified in this pre-solicitation notice. The lease agreement is anticipated to have an initial term of five years, with the property requiring either designated or open parking facilities. The notice indicates that expressions of interest should be submitted no later than January 17, 2022, though the pre-solicitation notice was posted on October 16, 2025, suggesting this may be a reposted or updated opportunity. The procurement falls under NAICS code 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) and PSC code X1AZ (Lease/Rental of Other Administrative Facilities and Service Buildings), indicating this is a real estate leasing transaction rather than a traditional goods or services contract.