Region 4 Federal Acquisition Service Noteworthy Accomplishments

Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS)

The Next Generation Technical Services contract was awarded by AAS to GSA industry partner, Lockheed Martin on behalf of the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program.  The contract is valued at an anticipated $344.2 million, and calls for operation and maintenance of the high performance computing centers at four major Department of Defense scientific research sites.  Contract operations begin June 1, 2008.

A new $70.6 million project for the National Guard Bureau's Consequence Management Support Center was awarded by the Region 4 AAS Team, with assistance from Region 2. GSA exceeded the customer's expectations by awarding this project in a record time of 39 days. The award was made to an Alaskan Native Corporation, NANA Pacific, LLC, and provides logistics, maintenance, and rapid response support to the National Guard Bureau. For more information contact Teresa Carrington, (404) 331-7838; or Peter Han, (212) 264-6949.

Fleet Services

In keeping GSA Fleet customers in up-to-date, reliable vehicles, 8,688 new vehicles were ordered for delivery in FY 08 - to replace those currently in use by federal agencies and contractors. Sixty percent of this year's new vehicle purchases are Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), demonstrating GSA Fleet's continued commitment to providing environmentally friendly vehicles. E85 sedans include Impalas, Avengers, and Crown Vics. The only E85 minivan provided this year is the Chevrolet Uplander. E85 SUV's include the Suburban, Tahoe, Durango, and Grand Cherokee. E85 pickups include models from Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge. Hybrids offered this year include the Malibu, Escape, and Saturn Vue.

Network Services Division (NSD)

NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) was signed as a new local telecommunications customer.  KSC’s requirement for twenty-two (22) Primary Rate Interface (PRI) Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) circuits was satisfied through the Region 4 awarded, competitive GRITS local telecommunications services contract. The new service supports KSC’s voice telecommunications requirements and covers 20,000 working NASA telephone numbers. The service was successfully switched from NASA's contract carrier over to the GSA/ATT team on May 16, 2008. Value: $660,000 (over five years of recurring monthly service). The GRITS contract was developed by regional telecommunications program staff.

NSD also provided an existing local telecommunications service client, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with a nationwide project solution. The CDC sought to re-architect their existing WAN hardware design and implement changes to increase the level of performance and services to all CDC remote offices. Network equipment was upgraded to support real-time services including MPLS, IP-video, IP-voice, and a redundant network matrix of data connectivity. CDC utilized NSD’s certified project managers and GSA Schedule 70. The year long project was finished in April 2008. Value:  $4,238,000

Region 4 Public Buildings Service at a Glance

Art Programs:

Fine Arts Collection: 444 works

Art in Architecture:  78 works

Childcare

Eight centers in five states, caring for over 626 children on a daily basis. 

86% of eligible centers are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Completions (2007)

• Number of Buildings:  1

• Square Footage:  369,265 gross square feet (GSF)

• Total Value of Completions in 2007:  $101,905,000

Courthouse Programs

During FY 07, four courthouses with 29 courtrooms were under construction at a total project cost of $473,790,000.  None of the courthouses was completed in FY 07.  The remainder will be completed in Fiscal Year 2008 - 2012.

Customer Satisfaction

During FY 07, Region 4 received a combined (owned and leased) score of 76% of highly satisfied responses from 5,958 tenants.

Federal Employment

565 employees

Energy

As of FY 07, PBS is reporting to the Department of Energy reduced energy usage in Btus/GSF of 9.64% from the new 2003 baseline established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Federal Tenants  

Number of Agencies:  209

Number of Tenants:  Over 100,000 occupants in PBS controlled space.

Historic Buildings

Region 4 PBS manages 61 historic buildings including two contributing buildings to National Historic Landmark Districts.

Historic buildings comprise 30.04% of our total owned inventory by square footage.

LEED Certified Buildings 

One government owned.

Energy Star Buildings

Certified: 10 buildings (nine government owned, one leased)

Operating Costs    

Region 4 ended FY 07 at 3.6% above comparable private sector costs.

Outleased Space  

137 outleases across the region

Property Disposals

Property Disposal transferred or sold nine surplus properties for the federal government for over $44,400,000.

GSA transferred or sold three assets for PBS for over $42,400,000.

PBS (Assignable) Inventory

• 137 Owned Assets

• 17,143,744 Owned rentable square feet (RSF)

• 1308 Leased Assets

• 23,000,061 Leased RSF

• 1445 total Assets

• 40,143,805 total RSF

Percentage by Property Type

• Office: 95.02%

• Industrial: 2.4%

• Other: 2.63%

Recycling

Recycled over 1471 tons of paper, aluminum, and other traditional recyclable materials.  Additionally, another 109 tons of construction materials were recycled. 

Cost Avoidance was $115,312

Revenue

$746,750,650    

Small Business Program

• $299,651,791 in Small Business eligible contracts awarded in FY 07

• Small Business: 35.24%

• Small Disadvantaged: 21%

• Service Disabled Veterans: 1.86%

• Women Owned: 6.47%

• HUB Zone: 11.36 %

Total Starts in 2007

• Number of buildings:  Two

• Square Footage:  515,277 GSF

• Total Value of Starts in 2007:  $208,863,000

Total Value and Size of Portfolio

• Number of Buildings: 1445

• Square Footage: 40,143,805

• Total Value of Portfolio: $1,666,465,035

GSA continues to be the federal government's premier solutions provider for Information Technology (IT), Telecommunications, and Professional services.

GSA continues to perform its main mission of leveraging the government's vast buying power to provide federal customers with the products, services, and programs to meet their supply, procurement, vehicle purchasing, and leasing, travel and transportation, and personal property management requirements. With a business volume of more the $32 billion, GSA Schedules can provide a source for virtually every commercial product or service an agency might need. GSA is located throughout the United States and are strategically aligned with our U.S. military customers at many locations around the globe.

GSA continues to provide agencies with quality workspace

The SESB has one of the largest construction/renovation programs within GSA: agency client workspace projects total $1.2 billion in capital projects.