A Senate committee has called on the federal government’s civilian real estate arm to detail how it would plan and finance a new FBI headquarters in the D.C. area in exchange for more time in submitting a report on how to restart the process, which was scuttled abruptly earlier this year.
The General Services Administration now has until Jan. 29 to provide a detailed report on the yearslong effort, including the various options it is considering such as design-build projects, lease-to-own deals and federal construction, as well an analysis of the legal authorities it has to implement each option, an implementation plan, and an analysis of what work has been done to date and how how that work can be used to reduce the project’s costs.
Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, chair of the Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Tom Carper, D-Delaware, the committee’s ranking member, sent a letter to GSA Public Buildings Commissioner Dan Mathews Friday outlining their expectations. The senators stressed in their letter the importance of receiving a thorough plan from the GSA.
“In the interest of helping the FBI meet its security and operational needs, we expect to receive, by January 29, 2018, a viable strategy to move forward,” the senators wrote in their letter.