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GGD-85-56 1 (1985-05-16)

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REPORT BY THE U.S,


General Accounting Office






Relocation Of The EPA Regional Office

From Kansas City, Missouri, To

Kansas City, Kansas


At the joint request of Senators Dole and Kassebaum and
former Representative Winn, GAO reviewed the actions
of the General Services Administration (GSA) and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in relocating
EPA's Regional Office from Kansas City, Missouri, to
Kansas City, Kansas.

GAO concludes that GSA acted reasonably and properly
in selecting the lowest offer and awarding a February
1984 lease for space in Kansas to accommodate EPA's
Regional Office. The offer from the Kansas property
owner was lower than all other offers, including that of the
Missouri property lessor. The Missouri space did not
meet GSA firesafety standards, and compliance was an
important issue. To alter the space to meet such stand-
ards would have increased the cost of the space.

EPA did not make its total space needs known to GSA
before the February 1984 lease was awarded. GSA
awarded another lease in December 1984 to accommo-
date EPA's request for additional space, but competition
was limited in this second award because EPA requested
the space to be within 450 feet of the space covered in the
first award. GAO believes that EPA did not properly follow
established regulations when it withheld from GSA the
need for more space.




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