Presolicitation
U.S. Department of Agriculture Seeks to Lease Office and Related Space in Albemarle, NC
Department of Agriculture · Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
More open Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services contracts
AI summaryThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation Business Center plans to lease 2,965 to 3,113 usable square feet of office space in Albemarle, North Carolina. The full term is 10 years, with a firm term of 5 years. SAM.gov's response date for this presolicitation is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, when the solicitation is expected. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 20, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation Business Center plans to lease 2,965 to 3,113 usable square feet of office space in Albemarle, North Carolina. The full term is 10 years, with a firm term of 5 years. SAM.gov's response date for this presolicitation is November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern, when the solicitation is expected.
Who can bid
- Space must be inside the delineated area around Albemarle, NC
- Space must not be in the 1-percent annual chance (formerly 100-year) flood plain
- Subleases are not acceptable
Things to watch (4)
- Serious: Space must be within a defined area of Albemarle. Only buildings inside the delineated boundaries qualify, so an owner outside them cannot offer space.
- Worth checking: Flood plain and no subleases. Space in the 1-percent annual chance flood plain is ruled out, and subleases are not allowed.
- Worth checking: Turnkey tenant improvements with pre-award drawings. The owner must deliver finished build-out and have Design Intent Drawings done before award, which adds cost and work up front.
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- Minor: Firm term and termination rights. The firm term is 5 years of a 10-year full term, with termination rights of 120 days; the notice does not say who holds them.
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Full summary
What they want
- Offer office space in the delineated area of Albemarle, NC: minimum 2,965 and maximum 3,113 square feet of ANSI/BOMA office area (ABOA, the usable area), and at most 3,735 rentable square feet (RSF)
- Provide 3 reserved Government vehicle parking spaces and 9 reserved visitor or customer spaces
- Provide 18 non-reserved employee spaces on site or within 300 feet of the premises
- Provide turnkey tenant improvements with pre-award Design Intent Drawings
- Offer contiguous space on one floor, first floor preferred, with an accessible elevator if above the ground floor
- Provide a fully serviced lease meeting Government fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards
- Contract type
- Lease of office space; a fully serviced lease is required
- Period of performance
- Full term 10 years; firm term 5 years; termination rights 120 days
- Place of performance
- Albemarle, NC, within the delineated area given in the notice
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 12, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 20, 2026; amended since)
Not in the notice text
- How to respond to this presolicitation and what the response date asks of building owners
- How offers will be evaluated and the rent basis
- The solicitation documents and lease terms are not in the notice text
- Whether any socio-economic set-aside applies (SAM.gov shows none)
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Fpac Bus CNTR-MGMT SVS Div, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- X1AA · Lease/Rental of Office Buildings
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 531120)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 12, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · PresolicitationDue Nov 12, 2026
- 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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