Presolicitation
U.S. Government Seeks to Lease Office and Related Space in Battle Creek, MI
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryThe General Services Administration (GSA) wants to lease 84,450 to 88,673 square feet of office and related space in Battle Creek, MI, for a 20-year lease (15 years firm). This presolicitation asks property owners and their authorized representatives for expressions of interest, due November 10, 2026. More in the summary
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The General Services Administration (GSA) wants to lease 84,450 to 88,673 square feet of office and related space in Battle Creek, MI, for a 20-year lease (15 years firm). This presolicitation asks property owners and their authorized representatives for expressions of interest, due November 10, 2026.
Who can bid (5)
- The property must have a front-facing or direct-access postal address inside the delineated area of Battle Creek
- All offered space must be in one building, owned by a single owner, with connected structures
- The building must be able to meet ISC Level III security requirements
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- The space must not be in the 1-percent-annual-chance (100-year) floodplain
- Representatives other than the owner or manager need the owner's written consent
How to submit: Email to richard.downey@gsa.gov, sarah.pollack@gsa.gov and Nate.scherpenisse@cbre.com (CBRE, Inc., GSA's broker). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 27, 2026.
- Serious: Only for property owners. This is a lease of building space, so only owners or their authorized agents with a qualifying building in Battle Creek can respond.
- Serious: Large single-building requirement. The building must hold at least 84,450 ABOA square feet in one connected structure under one owner.
- Worth checking: Security Level III building. Meeting Facility Security Level III can require costly building changes such as setbacks and controlled access.
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- Minor: Long firm term. The lease runs 20 years with 15 years firm, a long commitment for the owner.
- Minor: Section 889 telecom ban. Owners should check that building telecom equipment does not include banned Chinese-made equipment under Section 889 of the 2019 defense act.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Office and related space of 84,450 to 88,673 ABOA (ANSI/BOMA office area: the usable space a tenant occupies) square feet in one building
- 33 reserved on-site parking spaces, with their cost included in the rent
- Public parking for about 379 employees and visitors within about 1,320 walkable feet, or on-site parking meeting local code (or 4 spaces per 1,000 rentable square feet)
- A building that can meet Interagency Security Committee (ISC) Facility Security Level III requirements
- A fully serviced lease: rent includes operating costs such as utilities and cleaning
- Space meeting Government fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards, outside the 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain
- Contract type
- Lease (fully serviced)
- Period of performance
- 20-year full term, 15 years firm; no option term. Occupancy estimated December 2029
- Place of performance
- Battle Creek, MI, within the area bounded by M-43/Morgan Rd (north), M-66 (east), I-94 (south) and Helmer Rd (west)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to richard.downey@gsa.gov, sarah.pollack@gsa.gov and Nate.scherpenisse@cbre.com (CBRE, Inc., GSA's broker)
What to include when you submit
- Give the building name and address
- Give contact information and email for the owner's representative
- State the ABOA and rentable square feet available, naming the specific floors and square footage on each
- Give the asking full-service rental rate per ABOA and rentable square foot, including a standard GSA warm-lit shell, a $56.59 per ABOA square foot tenant improvement allowance and a $25.00 per ABOA square foot building specific amortized capital (BSAC) allowance
- Give operating costs per ABOA and rentable square foot included in the full-service rate
- Anyone other than the owner or manager must include written consent from the owner authorizing them to submit the information
Not in the notice text
- The full lease terms, including the Lease's fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards, are not in this notice
- How GSA will choose among offered buildings is not stated
- The exact date of the market survey is not given; the notice estimates November 2026
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to richard.downey@gsa.gov, sarah.pollack@gsa.gov and Nate.scherpenisse@cbre.com (CBRE, Inc., GSA's broker). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
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Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- PBS R00 Center for Broker Services, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- X1AA · Lease/Rental of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 531120)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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