US Government seeking to lease office space in Manchester, Bedford, and Hooksett, NH

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

State: New Hampshire
City: Bedford, Manchester, or Hooksett

Delineated Area: Within the city limits of Bedford, Manchester, or Hooksett, NH
Minimum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 10,946 ABOA SF
Maximum Sq. Ft. (ABOA): 11,493 ABOA SF

Space Type: Office

Parking Spaces (Total): 2 reserved surface parking spaces
Parking Spaces (Surface): 2 reserved surface parking spaces
Parking Spaces (Structured): N/A
Parking Spaces (Reserved): 2 reserved surface parking spaces

Full Term: 15 years
Firm Term: 10 years
Option Term: One 5-year renewal option

Additional Requirements:

• Space shall be located in a prime commercial/business office district with attractive, prestigious, professional surroundings with a prevalence of modern design and/or tasteful rehabilitation in modern use.
• Offered space must be located in a professional office setting and not within strip malls.
• Offered building must be no closer than 300 walkable feet from homeless shelters, dispensaries, or drug treatment facilities, law enforcement, areas zoned for manufacturing, industrial warehouse, retail and residential areas.
• The public entrance to the building must be located more than 300 walkable feet to schools (K-12).
• Offered space must be contiguous on one
• floor or vertically contiguous on two floors, 10/2023 a minimum of 4,250 ABOA SF must be on one of the 2 floors offered.
• Offered space shall provide for a configuration that will allow for an efficient layout of required adjacencies for the agency needs of space for public access, offices, workstations and special use spaces (file rooms, assembly areas, copy rooms, storage rooms, etc.).
• The successful Lessor, at the Lessor’s cost and expense, shall obtain LEED Design & Construction (ID+C) Certification for existing buildings.
• A loading area with double doors or an overhead door must be available in the building in which the space is offered for the handling of pallet sized loads. The loading area is not required to be above-grade.
• If a multi-story building is being offered, a freight elevator that can accommodate a full-sized palette must be accessible to the offered space.
• Offered space must have the ability to separate the public entrance from an employee entrance.
• Employee Parking (not included in rent): 23 commercially available parking within one walkable block of the proposed building.
• Visitor Parking (not included in rent): 19 commercially available parking spaces within a walkable ¼ mile of the proposed building.
• A commuter rail, light rail, shall be located within the immediate vicinity of the building, but generally not exceeding a safe walkable 1/2 mile, as determined by the LCO. Alternatively, two or more public bus lines usable by tenant occupants and their customers shall be located within the immediate vicinity of the building, but generally not exceeding a safe walkable ¼ mile, as determined by the LCO. Bus stops to occur on a regular, frequent basis (schedule required to be provided. It must show location and frequency of bus stops).
• Field Offices handle scheduled interviews on non-asylum related applications.
• Manchester Field Office is available to applicants 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday and on the weekends as needed. This office may see about 150 applicants per day, most of whom have scheduled appointments.
• Each week, Manchester holds approximately 2-3 naturalization ceremonies to accommodate 60 people and resolves approximately 50 in-personqueries.
• On average, the Manchester Field Office naturalizes 20 new U.S. Citizens at a naturalization ceremony.
• Subleases will not be considered.

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 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.

Expressions of interest shall include the following information:

• Building name/address and the location of available space within the building. Rentable Square Feet (RSF) offered and full-service rental rate per RSF.
• ANSI/BOMA office area (ABOA) square feet to be offered.
• The expected rental rate per ABOA square foot, fully services. Indicate whether the quoted rental rate includes an amount for tenant improvements and state the amount (if any). One-eighth inch scale drawing of space offered. Graphic scale on all plans and scalable drawings are required.
• Date of space availability.
• Amount of parking available onsite and its cost. Include whether expected rental rate includes the cost of the required Government parking, (if any). Map showing building’s proximity to public transportation options (commuter rail, light rail, bus stop locations), and nearby public parking options. A public transportation/bus schedule indicating frequency of stops.
• Sustainability, energy efficiency and renewable energy features existing within the building.
• Building ownership information.
• Name, address, telephone number, and email address of authorized contact.
• All interested parties must either submit evidence of ownership or written authorization to represent the owner(s). Any submissions received without documentation of ownership and/or written authorization to represent the owner(s) will not be considered until such time the documentation has been received, which must also be submitted prior to the Expression of Interests Due Date.
• In cases where an agent is representing multiple ownership entities, broker must provide written acknowledgement / permission to represent multiple interested parties for the same submission.
• Reference Project Number 1NH2042 in response to this advertisement.

Expressions of Interest Due: June 28, 2024
Market Survey (Estimated): July 12, 2024
Occupancy (Estimated): June 4, 2025

Send Expressions of Interest to:

Name: John Burweger

Email Address: jburweger@fresinc.com

Government Contact Information:

Lease Contracting Officer: Ryan O’Hagan

Broker Contractor: Matt Bartlett, Transaction Management Director