EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)-SPACE FOR LEASE IN SURREY, DELTA, OR LANGLEY, BC

INVITATION TO SUBMIT AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF SPACE FOR LEASE IN THE CITY OF SURREY, DELTA, OR LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA FILE NUMBER M2989-18-L001 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is asking interested parties to provide information for a potential lease of space that meets the following criteria: Section A: Lease Components

A lease term of approximately five (5) years, commencing on or before May 1, 2018, plus an option to extend the lease for one (1) additional period of up to five (5) years; Premise consisting of a minimum of 930-1,200 useable square meters (10,000-13,000 square feet) of contiguous warehouse space at ground level. Warehouse space to include: two 10’ H x 8.5’ W (minimum) opening bay doors; and 20 foot (minimum) ceiling; and two (2) separate washrooms (each with a minimum of a toilet and a sink)

Exterior dedicated parking to accommodate a minimum of five (5) vehicles. The proposed premise must be located in the City of Surrey, Delta, or Langley and within the following boundaries (the geographical boundaries include sites on either side of the roads): North:  South of Fraser River East: 216th Street West: 62B Street South: Hwy 99 & 32 Ave

On or before the lease commencement date, the proposed premise will have to comply with all requirements contained in RCMP’s Standards for Leased Accommodation, a copy of which may be obtained from the contact listed in Section F. RCMP may wish to visit or inspect the proposed premise upon reasonable notice and a threat and risk assessment may be undertaken in order to assess potential threats to the security of the proposed premise and to the public.

Section B: Responses Interested parties are requested to submit their response to this EOI in writing to the following address: RCMP Real Property Leasing Unit Asset and Procurement Management Section Mailstop #909, 14200 Green Timbers Way Surrey, BC V3T 6P3 or by facsimile to 778-290-6110 or by email to the contact listed in Section F. Please indicate File Number M2989-18-L001 on all correspondence. Section C: Responses Requested by As this may be the only invitation to submit an Expression of Interest for this potential lease project, owners or their agents should provide their response by 2:00 PM Pacific Standard Time on January 24th, 2018. Any response received after this date may not be considered. Section D: Information Provided by Interested Parties or Agents of Interested Parties Information provided by interested parties or agents of interested parties should include the file number, the location and municipal address of the building, current zoning, specific location of space within the building, measured area of space, architectural drawings identifying the proposed space with washroom, exits and other design elements, and details addressing the criteria listed above in Section A. Agents submitting a response to this EOI must provide RCMP with a letter authorizing them to do so. Section E: Security Requirement If this EOI results in a lease acquisition process, the building owners of the proposed premise must submit and be approved through a security screening process conducted by RCMP. The security screening can be undertaken at any time and security clearances must be granted prior to award of any lease contract. The successful lessor and all contractors employed to complete this project will also be required to hold a valid security clearance. Section F: Additional Information For more information, please contact Pascallina Chang, Leasing Officer by phone at (778) 290-2782 or by email to ediv_leasing.po1.ediv1@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Section G: List of Available Spaces This EOI is issued in order to invite interested parties to demonstrate their interest in providing the requirements described herein. This information may be included in a list of available space and used for potential future solicitations. Section H: Not a Solicitation Process Note that this is not a tender process, nor a request for proposal, but only an inquiry as to the availability of space to lease. RCMP will not necessarily invite offers, or lease any space, and may not post any future ads related to this request. The information provided through this EOI may be included in a source list of available space and RCMP may issue an invitation to tender for other leasing requirements based on this information, or based on any other information which may come to its attention prior to an issuance of an invitation to tender; or it may invite offers by way of public tender. RCMP reserves the right to proceed with an Invitation to Offer to Lease by inviting only parties deemed to most effectively meet specific operational, security and public safety requirements.