GENERAL INFORMATION:

REQUIREMENT:

The United States Government (“Government”) is seeking expressions of interest from potential sources for office space in Traverse City, MI.  The Government is interested in leasing approximately 4,185 rentable square feet of Class A office space in the City of Traverse City, MI, for use by the United States Government.  The area of consideration/delineated area is as noted above.  The space must yield 3,640- 3,838 ANSI/BOMA (formerly “Usable”) square feet of contiguous space.  The space offered must be contiguous. The anticipated term is 15 years, 5 years firm as a fully serviced lease.  The building must be located in a prime commercial office district with attractive, prestigious, professional surroundings and a prevalence of contemporary design and/or tasteful rehabilitation in current use.  Streets and public sidewalks must be well maintained.  The location should provide regularly scheduled public transportation and employee parking within convenient walking distance of the offered building sufficient to cover commuting needs of employees.  Buildings offered for consideration must be of sound and substantial construction of the type generally recognized as contemporary with the ability to demonstrate meeting all current Federal/GSA/PBS, State, and local codes and regulations, Federal environmental  including but not limited to fire and life safety, accessibility, OSHA, LEED, Energy STAR, and seismic protection.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Expressions of interest from the advertisement must include all the elements required in the FedBizOps ad or the Lease Contracting Officer/Broker must get all the information from those asking to be included on the market survey prior to determining the locations to visit on the pre-market survey.  The normal list follows and can be copied and pasted into the advertisement format:

1.       Building name/address.

2.       Legal property description, recent survey, and property identification numbers (PIN).

3.       Location of space in the building and date it will be available.

4.       CAD disk with dimensions shown and one-eighth inch scale dimensioned drawing of space offered – showing columns, stairwells, restrooms, windows, paths of egress and any other architectural features of the space. 

5.       The actual space being offered must be identified with hash marks or some other identifier. 

6.       CAD disk and/or one-eighth inch scale drawings of typical floor plates for the entire building – including the first floor entrances, exits, egress, etc. that help determine ABAAS, ADA and fire life safety requirements.

7.       For new construction, CAD disk showing all of the above items plus a rendering of the proposed building must be provided.

8.       For new construction, a list of the building materials to be used in constructing the building must be shown on a rendering, etc.

9.       ANSI/BOMA defined office area/useable square feet (USF)

10.    Rentable Rate per square foot (RSF) and Rentable Square Feet (RSF) offered

11.    State Tenant Improvement Allowance (work letter) included in Rentable Rate   

12.    List services and utilities provided by the Lessor

13.    Map showing public transportation within ¼ mile of the offered building.

If an Offeror is representing more than one owner, each owner must submit written acknowledgement stating they understand the person offering their space is representing other owners for the same requirement.

AUTHORIZED CONTACTS:

E-mail complete expressions of interest to:

Robert E. Jones, Jr.

Leasing Contracting Officer

[email protected]

For receipt not later than:  April 10, 2018 at 5PM (Central)

Point of Contact:

Same as above.

Place of Performance: Traverse City, MI