Solicitation
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Seeks to Lease Office and Related Space in Derwood, Maryland - Request For Lease Proposals (RLP)
Department of Agriculture · Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
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AI summaryThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to lease office and related space in Derwood, Maryland, through a Request for Lease Proposals (RLP: a call for offers from building owners). It asks for 3,600 to 3,780 ABOA square feet (ABOA: the usable office floor area) and at most 4,347 rentable square feet (RSF). The full term is 15 years, with the first 10 firm. This amendment corrects the square footage and sets the response due date at November 13, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to lease office and related space in Derwood, Maryland, through a Request for Lease Proposals (RLP: a call for offers from building owners). It asks for 3,600 to 3,780 ABOA square feet (ABOA: the usable office floor area) and at most 4,347 rentable square feet (RSF). The full term is 15 years, with the first 10 firm. This amendment corrects the square footage and sets the response due date at November 13, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Be registered in SAM.gov for all awards, with NAICS code 531120 in your self-certifications and representations
- Offer the space directly: subleases are not accepted
How to submit: Send the proposal to Antonio Rodriguez, Lease Contracting Officer, at Antonio.rodriguez@usda.gov. 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 26, 2026.
- Worth checking: Square footage was corrected. The notice does not give the old figure, so check that your space fits 3,600 to 3,780 ABOA and 4,347 RSF.
- Worth checking: Space cannot be in a flood plain. The notice rules out space in the 0.2-percent-annual chance floodplain and, in a second statement, the 1-percent-annual chance floodplain.
- Worth checking: Location limits. The space must be at least 300 feet from residential areas and not next to alcohol sales, firearms, drug treatment or detention tenants.
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- Worth checking: Heavy truck access required. Roads and parking must be paved and carry loaded semi-trucks and livestock trailers.
- Minor: Response due date extended; an older date is still in the text. The amendment extends the date to November 13, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern. A line further down still shows 10/30/26, so confirm the current date with the contracting officer.
- Minor: Section 889 telecommunications prohibitions. The notice tells bidders to learn the federal ban on certain telecommunications equipment.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Office and related space in Derwood, MD, inside the delineated area (search boundary) described in the notice
- 3,600 to 3,780 ABOA square feet, with a maximum of 4,347 RSF, contiguous on one floor; first floor preferred, and an accessible elevator if above ground level
- Parking: 2 reserved Government vehicle spaces, 9 reserved visitor/customer spaces and 18 non-reserved employee spaces on-site or within 300 feet
- Paved access and pull-through parking for a loaded semi-truck and trailer (estimated 80,000 pounds) and a dual wheeled truck with a loaded livestock trailer (estimated 50,000 pounds)
- A fully serviced lease with Government access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; normal hours are Monday through Friday, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM
- Space that meets fire safety, accessibility, seismic and sustainability standards, with estimated occupancy on March 1, 2027
- Contract type
- Lease (fully serviced)
- Period of performance
- Full term 15 years; firm term 10 years; termination rights 120 days
- Place of performance
- Derwood, MD, USA, within the delineated area in the notice
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Send the proposal to Antonio Rodriguez, Lease Contracting Officer, at Antonio.rodriguez@usda.gov
What to include when you submit
- Make sure the proposal reflects and accommodates the corrected square footage
Not in the notice text
- How proposals are evaluated and scored is not stated.
- The old square footage and the corrected figure in the document called the R100 are not given; check the amended attachments on SAM.gov.
- The lease form, rent terms and other required proposal documents are not stated.
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: Send the proposal to Antonio Rodriguez, Lease Contracting Officer, at Antonio.rodriguez@usda.gov. 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 26, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- 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.
- Oct 26, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 23, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 30, 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
- 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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