Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Lease of Office Space within PORTLAND, MAINE. Request for Lease Proposals (RLP) #26NAT01
General Services Administration · Public Buildings Service
AI summaryThe General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, wants to lease 2,305 to 2,397 ABOA square feet (usable office floor area) of office or flex space in Portland/South Portland, Maine, with 13 reserved surface parking spaces. The lease term is 15 years, 13 of them firm, under Request for Lease Proposals (RLP) #26NAT01. Offers go through the GSA Leasing Portal, and SAM.gov lists the response due date as November 9, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: The Request for Lease Proposals (RLP #26NAT01), its lease form and the offer steps are on the GSA Leasing Portal (leasing.gsa.gov) and were not read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, wants to lease 2,305 to 2,397 ABOA square feet (usable office floor area) of office or flex space in Portland/South Portland, Maine, with 13 reserved surface parking spaces. The lease term is 15 years, 13 of them firm, under Request for Lease Proposals (RLP) #26NAT01. Offers go through the GSA Leasing Portal, and SAM.gov lists the response due date as November 9, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid (4)
- Offer space in the delineated area (or within a mile outside it) that is one contiguous block of 2,305 to 2,397 square feet
- Space at least 400 feet from the nearest school, licensed daycare, playground, public park or place of worship, measured property line to property line
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM); the RLP points to Section 3.06, subparagraph B.7
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- Subleases are not considered
How to submit: Online through the GSA Leasing Portal (https://leasing.gsa.gov): register using "Register to Offer Space", then submit during the Open Period. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Worth checking: Full lease documents are on the GSA Leasing Portal. The RLP, lease form and offer requirements are posted on the portal and were not read here, so check them before offering.
- Worth checking: Long commitment: 15-year lease, 13 years firm. The lease runs 15 years with 13 firm, and tenant improvements and building capital are amortized over 8 years; check the RLP for what firm means.
- Worth checking: 245 working days from award to acceptance. The post-award schedule starts within 5 working days of lease award and covers design, review, pricing, 60 working days of construction and Government acceptance.
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- Worth checking: Narrow space range and location limits. Space must be 2,305 to 2,397 square feet, contiguous, with 13 reserved surface parking spaces, which cuts the pool of qualifying buildings.
- Minor: Lowest price wins among acceptable offers. Award is by lowest price among technically acceptable offers, with no negotiations, so price is the deciding factor.
- Minor: More requirements come after the Open Period. GSA may award several leases and will identify specific requirements only after the Open Period closes.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- Post Award Schedule - 101626.docx (read)
- ME-Portland TF Delineated Area.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Lease 2,305 to 2,397 ABOA square feet of contiguous office or flex space (the notice also writes this as USF); ground floor preferable
- 13 reserved surface parking spaces with efficient entry and exit and convenient access to both I-95 and I-295
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week access to the building and the parking
- Space inside the delineated area or within a mile outside it, and at least 400 feet from the nearest school, licensed daycare, playground, public park or place of worship
- Government allowances for new leased space: tenant improvements (TI) of $71.54 per ABOA SF and building specific amortized capital (BSAC), work paid back over the amortization term, of $25.00 per ABOA SF; amortization term 8 years for both
- Follow the post-award schedule: design drawings, construction documents, pricing, construction and Government acceptance, 245 working days in total from lease award
- Meet fire and life safety, accessibility, seismic resilience and energy efficiency rules, and the Section 889 telecommunications equipment restrictions
- Contract type
- Lease of office space under a GSA Request for Lease Proposals, 15-year term (13 years firm)
- Period of performance
- Lease term: 15 years, 13 firm; amortization term 8 years for tenant improvements and building specific amortized capital
- Place of performance
- Portland/South Portland, Maine, within or up to a mile outside the delineated area
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- GSA Leasing Portal (leasing.gsa.gov), Request for Lease Proposals #26NAT01
- How they'll choose
- Lowest-priced, technically acceptable offer, without negotiations
- Offers due
- November 9, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Online through the GSA Leasing Portal (https://leasing.gsa.gov): register using "Register to Offer Space", then submit during the Open Period
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability: the offered space must meet the requirements in the RLP and this notice
- Price: the lowest-priced acceptable offer wins
What to include when you submit
- Register on the Leasing Portal and submit the offer there; offers can be submitted, changed or withdrawn only during an Open Period
- Offer space that complies with the RLP and with applicable Federal, State and local requirements
- Offerors are encouraged to submit rates for all terms available in the RLP to be considered for future requirements
- Review the Section 889 telecommunications equipment restrictions and start SAM registration (RLP Section 3.06, subparagraph B.7)
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice says it seeks new and/or continuing leasing opportunities, and GSA may award leases to compete expiring leases.
Not in the notice text
- The Request for Lease Proposals (RLP #26NAT01), its lease form and the offer steps are on the GSA Leasing Portal (leasing.gsa.gov) and were not read.
- The rent range or total lease value is not stated.
- Which federal agency will occupy the space is not named.
- Whether SAM.gov's 12:00 PM Eastern or the Open Period's 8:00 PM Eastern is the closing time is not settled in the notice.
- Specific requirements for additional leases are to be identified after the Open Period closes.
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: Online through the GSA Leasing Portal (https://leasing.gsa.gov): register using "Register to Offer Space", then submit during the Open Period. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- PBS Office of Leasing, 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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