On Friday, January 24, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it had issued Phase II of its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Federal Bureau of Investigations Headquarters Consolidation Project. It also announced that President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal to Congress will include funding in support of full consolidation of the project.
The following is the GSA release:
Washington —The U.S. General Services Administration today issued Phase II of the Request for Proposals to the bidders that will compete for title to the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building in exchange for the construction of a new 2.1 million rentable square foot Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters facility. To ensure that GSA can make an award for the project in FY17, GSA also announced that $1.4 billion in construction funding will be included in the President’s FY17 budget to be released on February 9, 2016.
“The Administration is committed to acquiring a consolidated new headquarters facility for the FBI, a member of the intelligence community,” said Bill Dowd, project executive for GSA’s Public Buildings Service. “The consolidated headquarters facility will allow the FBI to perform its critical national security, intelligence and law enforcement missions in a new modern and secure facility. We appreciate Congress’ support of the project through the inclusion of $390 million in the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus.” The full story is available at www.greenbeltnewsreview.com/issues/gnr20160128.pdf
