X -- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SEEKS SOURCES FOR LEASED OFFICE AND RELATED SPACE IN PONCE, PUERTO RICO

The U.S. Government is interested in leasing approximately 230 rentable square feet of office and related space. The rentable space shall yield a minimum of 190 ANSI/BOMA Office Area (previously Usable) available for use by tenant for personnel, furnishings, and equipment. The building offered must be professional space with state of the art mechanical and electrical installations and must meet the minimum Federal Fire Safety and ABAAS Handicap requirements. The Government reserves the right to determine acceptability of the offered property as to the buildings structural integrity; the highest safety, energy efficient installations; aesthetic appearance, the security installations, the security of its surrounding areas, accessibility of the property to major highways and state roads, and availability of public transportation, and its location within the below mentioned Delineated Area. -UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS- -Location should be accessible to major highways and state roads, and available to public transportation -A variety of fast food and eat in restaurants, retail shops, banks, cleaners and hospitals should be approximately 2 blocks from Building. -The amount of parking on site must meet the minimum local code. Parking and public transportation to accommodate visitors. -Building must provide safe drinking water in compliance with safe drinking water act, federal and local laws. -The Lessor shall permit installation of a perimeter Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to be operated and maintained by the government. -The offered space must be on fiber optic loop back to the telephone company central office. - Basement or below grade space is unacceptable. Space offer should be no longer than twice as long as it is wide. DELINEATED AREA: Northern Boundary: Starting at intersection of Road #123 and State Highway #9 and continuing along connectivity with Rd. #10. Southern Boundary: Starting at State Highway #52 and connecting to intersection of Principal Road #2. Eastern Boundary: Starting at intersection of Highway # 10 along continuing State Highway #52. Western Boundary: Starting at intersection of Principal Road #2 and continuing Ramal #2 Highway and connecting to Road #123. LEASE TERM: Ten (10) Years, FIVE (5) years firm term. The Government has termination rights of the lease at any time after the fifth (5th) year. OCCUPANCY DATE: Space must be ready for occupancy and delivered to the Government by December 3rd, 2007. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING NO LATER THAN August 17, 2007 AND SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1)Building name and address, and location of space in the building. 2)Site map and plans, if available. 3)ANSI/BOMA defined Office Area Square Feet 4)Rentable Square Feet Offered and Rental Rate per Square Foot. (Specifying services, utilities, electricity, and tenant improvement allowance included) 5)Percentage of Common Area Factor used to Determine the Rentable Square Feet 6)Name, address, telephone number, and email address of individual to be contacted. Submission by other than the owner or manager of a property must be accompanied by a letter from the ownership granting permission to make a general offering of space. In instances where the Offeror is representing more than one property, the Offeror is hereby notified that they may only participate in negotiations on behalf of one owner.