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Contract Opportunity

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks to lease the following space:

Location Information:

• City, State: Tiffin, OH


• County: Seneca


• Delineated Area: (See attached map for reference)
  
  
  
  • N: Starting at the intersection of CR38 and TR109: CR38 to TR15
  
  
  • E: TR15 to TR17 to CR16
  
  
  • S: CR16 to CR19 to CR90 to CR113
  
  
  • W: CR113 to TR112 to TR109 to CR38
  
  
  
  

Space Information:

• Minimum Usable Square Feet (ABOA): 7053


• Maximum Usable Square Feet (ABOA): 7406


• Maximum Rentable Square Feet (RSF): 8464


• Space Type: Office and Related Space

Parking Information:

• Reserved Parking Spaces for Government Vehicles: 6


• Reserved Parking Spaces for Visitors: 28


• Non-reserved Parking Spaces for Employees (for use at no charge to the Government): 28

Term Information:

• Full Term: 20 Years


• Firm Term: 5 Years


• Soft Term: 15 Years


• Termination Rights: 120 days in whole or in part, after the Firm Term


• Option Term: None

Additional Requirements:

• The Government wishes to lease space in an existing building, or in a building to be constructed for the Government’s use.


• Offered space must meet Government requirements for fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards per the terms of the Lease.


• The space offered, its location, and its surroundings must be compatible with the Government’s intended use.


• A fully serviced lease is required.


• Offered space and sites shall not be in the 100-year flood plain.


• Additional parking spaces may be located on-site and/or within 1/4 of a mile of the premises, pedestrian accessible.


• Preferred first floor, contiguous space that meets accessibility requirements.


• Parking lot must be able to accommodate dually trucks, semi-trucks, and trailers including livestock trailers. Paved road access is required to accommodate 80,000-pound loaded semi-trucks and 50,000-pound loaded livestock trailers.


• A minimum of (1) reserved visitor parking space shall be pull-through to accommodate semi-trucks and trailers.


• Space shall be contiguous.


• Due to the public facing nature of this location (12’ minimum customer service counter), first floor is preferred.


• As part of the requirements, offeror shall provide break-out pricing for site prep infrastructure (power, site pad, bollards, and signage ONLY) of the required Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. The actual charging stations shall be provided and installed by a different USDA vendor, not through the proposed lease contract.

Timelines:

• Initial Offer Due Date: 2/20/2024


• Lease Award Date (Estimated): 9/1/2024

Any submission received without documentation of ownership and/or written authorization to represent owner(s) will not be considered until such time the documentation has been received. This documentation must be received on or before the due date for Expressions of Interest. In cases where an agent is representing multiple entities, written acknowledgement/ permission from each entity to represent multiple interest parties for the same submission must be submitted prior to the Expressions of Interest due date.

To submit an offer in response to a Request for Lease Proposals (RLP), the offeror must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM) at SAM.gov. SAM registration will be a minimum requirement to submit a formal proposal in response to the RLP. It is strongly recommended that potential offerors register, verify, and/or renew their SAM registration on SAM.gov as soon as possible.

Send Offer to Government Contacts:

• Lease Contracting Officer: Heather Schmitt


• Phone Number: 724-482-5288


• Email Address: Heather.Schmitt@usda.gov


• __________________________________________


• Name/Title: Zisa Lubarov-Walton | Realty Specialist


• Email Address: Zisa.Lubarov-Walton@usda.gov

Notice: The Government will not pay for any costs incurred as a result of this advertisement. Respondents are advised that the Government assumes no responsibility to award a lease based upon responses to this advertisement.

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