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GSA issues RFP for new leasing support services contract

April 22, 2015 By ei2admin

The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the third generation of its broker and leasing support services contract — formerly the National Broker Contract Program (NBC program), now GSA Leasing Support Services (GLS).  The new contract provides broker and leasing support services (i.e., market surveys, site visits, document preparation, negotiation) for GSA’s contracting officers, and is expected to generate approximately $100 million in rent credits to tenant agencies and significantly reduce lease cycle times by eliminating workload redundancy.

In November, GSA issued a draft solicitation for Leasing Support Services, which resulted in nearly 300 comments and questions from stakeholders. As a result of these comments, GSA revised the following components of the contract.

  • Strategic Planning Services: Revised strategic planning services language to give contractors more flexibility in reporting information about changes in market conditions, renegotiation opportunities, or changes in ownership rights within the shared portfolio.
  • Commission Agreements: Revised commission agreement language to make it more in line with normal broker industry practices.
  • Small Business: Added an additional evaluation factor so contractors who qualify as small businesses have more opportunities to compete.
  • Training: Clarified training language to specify who is required to take training, what type of training is required, and how the training will be offered.

“The stakeholder feedback we received on the draft solicitation was used to make GLS an even better contract for both the government and contractors,” comments GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for Leasing Chris Wisner.  “In addition to previous improvements made to GLS, contractors will now have even more flexibility when it comes to providing strategic planning services and commission agreements will be structured in accordance with normal broker industry practices. Small businesses will also have more opportunities to compete for prime awards.”

To submit a proposal, click here to find details.   The deadline for submitting proposals is Thursday, May 21, 2015. More information about previous improvements made to GLS can be found here.

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: contracting opportunities, GSA, leasing, presolicitation, small business, solicitation, training

Construction of VA healthcare centers years overdue

November 18, 2013 By ei2admin

For several healthcare centers that the Veterans Affairs Department planned  to build in 2012, the department still had yet to award leases — let alone begin  construction — as of August of this year.

In October 2009, Congress passed a law (PL  111-82) that authorized about $150 million for the VA to award seven  healthcare center leases–three in North Carolina, two in California, and one in  Alabama and Pennsylvania. The department preferred leases so that it wouldn’t  have to undertake major construction projects.

VA sent Congress a timeline in 2010, showing its plans to award the leases by  August 2010, finish construction by May 2012 and occupy the buildings a month  later. But a report from the VA office of inspector general says that as of August 2013, only four of the leases had been awarded. One of those, for the Pennsylvania facility, was  later terminated because of problems with the contractor.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/construction-va-healthcare-centers-years-overdue/2013-11-05

Download a copy of the VA IG’s report at: http://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-12-04046-307.pdf 

 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: construction, facilities, leases, leasing, VA

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