Seeking Office Space in West Palm Beach, FL

U.S. GOVERNMENT Notice Type: Sources Sought Solicitation #: 18-REG04_7FL2368 Title: Lease of Office Space within Region 4. RLP #18-REG04 - OFFICE SPACE Classification Code: X - Lease of rental facilities NAICS Code: 531120-- Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Mini-warehouses) Response Date: 5/7/2018 11:59 PM Eastern Primary POC: Carlos Williams +1 (555) 000-0000 Secondary POC: Danilo Galan +1 (555) 000-0000 This FBO advertisement is hereby incorporated into the RLP 18-REG 04 by way of reference as an RLP attachment. U.S. GOVERNMENT seeks to lease the following office space through the Automated Advanced Acquisition Program (AAAP): ANY CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION ENTERED BELOW AFTER POSTING MUST BE RE-ADVERTISED AND THE MARKET MUST BE GIVEN ANOTHER OPEN PERIOD TO RESPOND. CITY: West Palm Beach STATE: Florida DELINEATED AREA: North: 7th street / Eucalyptus Street South: Lake View Avenue East: Flagler Drive West: Quadrille Boulevard MINIMUM ABOA SF: 5,300 MAXIMUM ABOA SF: 5,800 SPACE TYPE: Office TERM: 15 Years / 10 Years Firm* AGENCY UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS: Office space must be located in a multi-story building with the occupancy of entire floors preferable to partial floor occupancy, above the first floor. Light industrial and warehouse space is excluded from this restriction. CRITERIA THAT ELIMINATES COMMERCIAL SPACE FROM CONSIDERATION FOR NEW OFFICE SPACE: 1. Proposed office space is on the first floor or below the first floor of the building. 2. Proposed office space is on the top floor of the building and rooftop access is within the space. 3. Proposed office space is inside a shopping mall or shopping center. 4. Proposed building houses day care facilities, abortion clinics, mental health clinics, or drug rehabilitation clinics, immigration, probations, public defenders, and/or social services (including but not limited to: Social Security Administration (SSA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)) within the building. 5. Proposed building will not or cannot accommodate secured parking for TENANT official vehicles at this facility. 6. Proposed building is within 1,000 feet of residential areas, places of worship, schools, hospitals, prisons, abortion clinics, mental health clinics, drug rehabilitation clinics and/or day care facilities. 7. Proposed office space is located in a high crime area or an area that will necessitate more extensive and stringent building security than a generally progressive and alert neighborhood with a low crime rate. 8. Any exceptions or variances to the above listed criteria must be approved in writing, by the Chief, Physical Security Programs Branch. If tenant cannot find a building within the central business district (see Executive Order 12072), which satisfies our security requirements, then tenant must be allowed to expand the delineated area so that a safe, secure building can be found. CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF COMMERCIAL OR LEASED SPACES 1. A copy of the floor plan for the specific floors being offered by a lessor must be provided to Tenant for review before acceptance of the specific floor and building. 2. Floors in a specific location that have multiple building core items (multiple elevator banks, multiple stairwells, and multiple mechanical rooms) will not be accepted when they are not centrally located in the center of a space. These items cannot be within Tenant space. PARKING 1. Secured parking spaces are required for government vehicles. The government requires a parking garage with a secure fenced/divided area or on-grade lot within a secure fenced area. Access to the parking area is required at all times (24-hours per day). It is desirable that only TENANT personnel have access to the parking area. If parking cannot be provided on-site (i.e. basement garage, attached building garage, or site lot), parking should be located within a two-block radius of the office. Access to the parking lots must be controlled. Parking lots and all access from the building to the parking lots must be well lit at all times to ensure safety (i.e. a minimum of 10 foot candle level of illumination) 2. The minimum requirements for secure parking enclosure are as follows: a. 9 gauge chain link fence, a minimum of 8 high. b. Minimum of three strands of barbed wire running horizontally and continuously along the top of the fence. c. Privacy slats pre-inserted. d. Sliding gate and pedestrian entrance. e. Minimum of three continuous horizontal rails placed at the top, bottom and mid-point of the fence. f. All vertical fence posts shall be embedded in concrete. *Note: All cost associated with the fence enclosure will be charged against the Tenant improvement allowance or paid by TENANT through the initial construction build-out. Any waiver from this requirement will require a review of the specific location by the ATF Physical Security Branch. A waiver may be considered if the market area does not have any locations that can provide a secure parking garage or secure fenced parking. AGENCY TENANT IMPROVEMENT ALLOWANCE: New locations offered: $45.07 per ABOA SF Existing leased Space: Allowance may be less than full TI Amount depending on scope YOU MUST STATE THE TIA THAT TO BE USED IN THE PVA. USE OF A LOWER TIA FOR EXISTING LEASED SPACE MUST BE SUPPORTABLE, WITH THE LOWER TIA REFLECTED IN THE AGENCY'S OA, AND, IF APPLICABLE, THE AWARDED LEASE. IF THIS IS A NEW REQUIREMENT, INSERT - N/A UNDER EXISTING LEASED SPACE. HOW TO OFFER: The Automated Advanced Acquisition Program (AAAP), located at https://aaap.gsa.gov, will enable interested parties to offer space for lease to the Federal Government in response to RLP 18-REG04. In addition, the Government will use its AAAP to satisfy the above space requirement. Interested parties must go to the AAAP website, select the - Register to Offer Space link and follow the instructions to register. Instructional guides and video tutorials are offered on the AAAP homepage and in the - HELP tab on the AAAP website. Once registered, interested parties may enter offers during any - Open Period. NOTE: OFFERORS MUST BE ALLOWED A MINIMUM OF 20 CALENDAR DAYS TO RESPOND WITH AN OFFER TO A PROJECT-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENT. THEREFORE, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR TWO OPEN PERIODS. THE - RESPONSE DATE ENTERED UNDER THE FBO POSTING MUST REFLECT THE LAST DAY OF THE OPEN PERIOD THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE 20 DAY MINIMUM AS OUTLINED ABOVE. IF AN ADDITIONAL OPEN PERIOD IS REQUIRED, LCOS MUST UPDATE THE FBO - RESPONSE DATE ACCORDINGLY. The Open Period is the 1st through the 7th of each month, ending at 11:59 p.m. EST. Refer to AAAP RLP paragraph 3.02.A for more details on the offer submission process. The Government reserves the right to allow for multiple Open Periods prior to selecting an offer for award to meet this specific space requirement. Offers cannot be submitted during the Closed Period (8th through the end of each month) and will not be considered for projects executed during that time period. This FBO advertisement is hereby incorporated into the RLP 18-REG04 by way of reference as an RLP attachment. Lease award will be made to the lowest price, technically acceptable offer, without negotiations, based upon the requirements in this FBO advertisement and in the RLP requirements package found on the AAAP website. During an Open Period, offerors will be permitted to submit new offers or modify existing offers. Offerors can draft an offer at any time; however, you can only submit an offer during the Open Period. The offered space must comply with the requirements in this FBO advertisement and RLP 18-REG04 and must meet Federal Government, State, and Local jurisdiction requirements, including requirements for fire and life safety, security, accessibility, seismic, energy, and sustainability standards in accordance with the terms of the Lease. The Lease and all documents that constitute the Lease package can be found at https://aaap.gsa.gov. * If you have previously submitted an offer in FY 2017, the AAAP application has a copy feature which will allow existing offers to be copied over to the FY 2018 RLP in order to avoid having to re-enter all of the data manually. Please be sure to review FY18 AAAP RLP Package and each page within the AAAP Application prior to submitting your offer as some of the questions have changed. You must re-enter your space and rates on the - Space and Rates tab in the AAAP. Your previous offered space will not be copied.