Lease Acquisition

GSA Can Move HUD's Kansas City Offices More Quickly Gao ID: GGD-90-30 November 21, 1989

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the actions that the General Services Administration's (GSA) Kansas City regional office took to procure leased space for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), focusing on why the regional office terminated the procurement on the award date.

GAO found that: (1) the regional office cancelled the procurement because of an apparent inconsistency in evaluating properties located in the same neighborhoods during the market survey; (2) GSA personnel failed to document and timely review the initial market survey; (3) HUD officials stated that relocation by January 1990 was important because of fire safety concerns and an expiring lease; (4) GSA decided to keep HUD in its current space for an additional year because holding to the original occupancy date would have restricted competition to existing buildings; (5) the estimated lease renegotiation and extension could cost the government up to $570,000; and (6) GSA obtained the owner's agreement to extend the lease for 5 years, but the agreement allowed the government to terminate occupancy after 2 years with no additional cost to the government.

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