US government seeks sources for leased office and related space in hato tejas, puerto rico

THIS NOTICE UPDATES THE PREVIOUS SOLICITATION NOTICE
#3PR0025B RUN ON AUGUST 5, 2008. THIS NOTICE CHANGES THE DELINEATED AREA.

Requirement:
United States Government is seeking to lease office and related space consisting of approximately 8,557 to 8,986 square feet of BOMA/ANSI rentable square feet. Rentable space must yield 7,131 to 7,488 of usable square feet, available for use by tenant for personnel, furnishings, and equipment within the Central Business District of Hato Tejas, Puerto Rico, and as further delineated below. The building offered must be in a Class A, modern, state-of-the-art professional office building, fully operational mechanical and electrical installations, and capable of meeting the minimum Federal Fire Safety and Handicap requirements. The proposed property should be located in a professional office type environment with comparable security available surrounding the property offered by other compatible properties in this rental market. The Government reserves the right to determine acceptability of the offered property as to the building's structural integrity; the highest safety, energy efficient installations; aesthetic appearance, the security installations, the security of its surrounding areas, accessibility of the property to major highways and roads, the availability of public transportation, and its location within a known central business district of Hato Tejas Area.

Unique Requirements:
• Emergency potable water supply, and emergency electric back up power with the capability to sustain office operations for five (5) working days.
• Properties must provide parking with a minimum twenty (20) commercial parking spaces for the exclusive use of employees either on-site or adjacent to the building offered. Additional parking can be provided in a commercial parking establishment for use by visitors. Any off-site parking must be located within two blocks of the building offered. Preference will be given to those offers providing a minimum of twenty (20) parking spaces parking spaces at no additional cost to the Government
• Preference will be given to those offers whose space is located all on one contiguous floor level. Space on not more than two contiguous floors will be considered with approximately 85% of total space located on one floor. The office general space will be located on one floor and the storage, multipurpose room and/or video conference room will be located on the other floor. First floor, single floor, contiguous space is preferred. Basement or below grade space is unacceptable.
• Space above ground level must be serviced by at least two elevators, one of which may serve as a freight elevator.
• Space offered should be no more than twice as long as it is wide, and should have open areas where columns and other obstructions do not hinder the development of efficient space layouts and office workflow.
• The Government does not occupy space within a flood plain. Please submit proof/certification that property is not located within a flood plain.
• A water tank, back-up generator, and storm shutters must be provided by lessor.

Location:
Offered properties must be located within the delineated area in Hato Tejas, Puerto Rico as follows:
North: From the Int. PR #167 to Boulevard de Levittown;

South: From the Int. PR #864 and PR #2 moving East along PR #2 to the Int. of PR #167;

East: From Int. of PR #167, moving North on PR #167 to Boulevard Levittown;

West: From Int. Boulevard de Levittown Ave Los Dominicos PR #866 Moving South to PR #864, and its Int. with PR #2

Occupancy Date: Space must be ready for occupancy and delivered to the Government no later than December 1, 2010.

Lease term: The lease term will be for ten (10) years, five (5) years firm. The Government has termination rights of the lease at any time after the fifth (5th) year on 90 days prior written notice to the Lessor.

Expressions of interest should include the following:
1) Building name and address
2) BOMA/ANSI Rentable square feet & rentable annual basic rental rate per square foot
3) Method of measurement used to determine rentable square feet
4) Common Area Factor(s) for available space by floor
5) Fire Safety, and Handicap features
6) Location, and number of parking spaces available to the Government at no cost.

This ad will open October 20, 2008, please submit all offers by no later than November 3, 2008 to:
Robert Lipman as Agent for
US General Services Administration
The Crown Partnership, Inc.
2920 M Street, NW -Ste 200 2nd flr.
Washington, DC 20007
INTERNET: robert.lipman@crownpartnership.com Fax: (702) 420-7532

With a Copy To: Pedro Fuste
Realty Management Group
Fax (787) 622-3196
INTERNET: fustross@prtc.net or pfuste@ccmpr.com

And a Copy To: Ana M. delosReyes
Contracting Officer
General Services Administration
Federal Office Building, Suite # 359
150 Chardon Avenue
Hato Rey, PR 00918
INTERNET: ana.delosreyes@gsa.gov
PLEASE REFERENCE PROJECT #3PR0025-C