EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO SOLICIT A FULL SERVICE LEASE

This is a Notice of Intent by the General Services Administration to solicit a modified full service lease (tenant shall pay for electrical consumption) for warehouse and office space. The Federal Government has a requirement to lease approximately 161,705 BOMA rentable square feet for the National Archives Records Administration (NARA) of Denver, Colorado. The proposed building must yield approximately 34,705 BOMA useable square feet of office space and 127,000 BOMA useable square feet of contiguous warehouse space. The site shall be able to accommodate 100 on-site parking spaces available for visitors, handicap and employees. Lease shall be full service and below prospectus threshold with a maximum term up to twenty (20) years. The delineated area of consideration is as follows: North - State Hwy 14/Cty Rd 82 (Weld County) West - Federal Hwy 287 (Fort Collins) to Wadsworth Pkwy/Blvd (Denver) to 6th Avenue then west to C-470 South - 6th Avenue (Denver) west to Wadsworth Pkwy/Blvd then South to Alameda Avenue/Pkwy then west to C-470 East - County Rd 43 (Weld County) to I-76 to E-470 to 6th Avenue GSA is interested in considering sites for new construction or existing facilities that meet the following minimum requirements. The proposed location must be currently zoned for the intended use, building infrastructure (water, sewer, utilities) to the proposed site must be in-place or readily available, and the site must have paved access to major highways. Proximity to area cultural and education institutions is desirable. The proposed building requires a 100 foot setback from parking areas and roads. The proposed site to accommodate the facility could range from 12 to 17 acres and must be secured by a fence. The proposed facility must comply with fire safety, security, and other records protection requirements as stated in 36 CFR 1228 Subpart , available at: http://www.archives.gov/about/regulations/part-1228/k.html . WAREHOUSE/RECORDS SPACE - The warehouse facility shall consist of five (5) records storage bays (approximately 127,000 usable square feet) consisting of two (2) temporary records bays at 42,000 square feet, one (1) temporary records storage bay at 17,000 square feet, one (1) permanent records storage bay at 12,500 square feet, and one (1) archival storage bay at 13,500 square feet. ALL storage bays must meet the Federal records storage requirements outlined in 36 CFR 1228 Subpart K. In addition, the permanent bay will require office-type air conditioning 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The archival storage bay must meet the NARA 1571 standard for archival space, which details archival requirements for temperature, humidity, air filtration, fire safety, finishes, lighting, etc. available at: http://www.archives.gov/foia/directives/nara1571.pdf. Offerors are specifically placed on notice that requirements for some building elements exceed the normal "warehouse" standards. The Office of Regional Records Services, the Space and Security Division, and the Office of Preservation Programs of the National Archives and Records Administration will provide technical assistance and oversight in identifying specific design features, and particularly those which must be built into the permanent and archival records storage areas during construction. The record storage space should have a minimum of fifteen feet, one inch clear stacking height above finished floor. The space must be contiguous and the major segments individually must be fully occupiable on a priority and phased basis from start of buildout/construction over an estimated one-year to one and one-half year period. All office, records storage, and records handling equipment, such as furniture, ladders, carts, pallets, and forklifts are to be furnished by the Government at no cost to the Offeror. The Offeror shall provide the shelving. OFFICE/ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE - The office facility shall be a Class A space. It is to be functionally located in relation to the records storage bays for efficient operations. All offices and rooms located along the exterior walls shall have windows unless otherwise specified in this document. It shall be fully sprinklered (light hazard). The finished ceiling shall be at least 9 feet, but not more than 11 feet AFF. Lighting in the office areas shall be recessed. The finished room sizes are minimum "wall-to-wall" net usable requirements, exclusive of any building common factors or circulation factors. The Government will allow for a dimensional variance of +/- 6" or a room size variance of 2%. Enclosed rooms located adjacent to the records storage bays must have 2-hour fire rated walls for the single wall that is adjacent to the bay. Processing offices, work areas including conference rooms, research rooms and lobby shall have office-level HVAC with multiple zones and units based on room function. All internal circulation paths must be a minimum of 60 inches wide. Employee services, such as moderately priced restaurants, banks, public transportation, as well as hotel accommodations for visitors shall be available within a 10.0 mile radius of the facility. Space must meet the Federal Government's standards for fire safety, be capable of being fully accessible to the physically challenged, and be located outside a 100-year floodplain. The space must meet the "Green" requirements in the Solicitation. Space must be ready for occupancy on May 2011 or sooner. Phased occupancy will be required. Brokers or agents may represent the prospective landlord, but any properties or proposals submitted by brokers/agents must be accompanied by written evidence that they are authorized to represent the building's ownership. For existing buildings, written expressions of interest should include building name and address, location of space in the building, rentable square feet offered and rentable rate per square foot (specifying services and utilities included), ANSI/BOMA defined usable square feet, percentage of common area factor used to determine the rentable square feet, one-eighth inch scale drawing of space offered, current site zoning and contact information for owner or authorized agent. For build-to-suit location, written expression of interest should include site information, legal description of land, detailed map showing location of site, land size, projected rentable square feet offered and rentable rate per square foot (specifying services included), ANSI/BOMA defined usable square feet, current site zoning and contact information for owner or authorized agent. A written statement of interest should be submitted by 5:00 PM MST, July 15, 2009 to: Dan McPherson, c/o General Services Administration, Colorado Service Center (8PSC), P. O. Box 25546, Denver Federal Center, Building 41, Room 246, Denver, Colorado 80225-0546, telephone: (303) 236-8000, Ext. 2359, fax: (303) 236-7256; or email: dan.mcpherson@gsa.gov.