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B-173403 1 (1971-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkph0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -. ,.1 7 Accounting -ft ecp o h Aeftiscilc) val by thefice of CongreimuaA R Mto - 4' ~ GENERAL OF TH-E UNITED STATES ' WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 1 LM089714 OCT 6 1971 Dear Senator Proxmire: You requested our response to statements contained in a letter dated June 9, 1971, from an anonymous General Services Administration (GSA) employee alleging possible conflict of interest and unnecessary costs incident to the leasing of a building in Bladensburg, Maryland. GSA's justification for leasing the building was to con- solidate eight locations of the contractual services branch and the central repair shops in Washington, D.C., into one central location. In response to a GSA newspaper advertise- ment for blocks of 60,000, 35,000, and 10,000 square feet of warehouse space in the Metropolitan Washington area, the Carey Winston Company, a realty firm in Washington which acted as agent for the owner, offered a building at 4125 46th Street, Bladensburg, for lease to GSA. This building, containing about 54,000 square feet of warehouse space, was leased by GSA effective April 1, 1971. The lease is for a 5-year period with two 5-year renewal options. The GSA employee suggested a possible conflict of inter- est because the building was alleged to be owned by a nephew of eithei the Administrator of GSA or Senator Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania. The building is owned by Superior Millwork, Inc., a family-owned corporation of which Mr. John M. Ogburn is the principal stockholder. Mr. Ogburn informed us that he was not related to any GSA official or any member of Congress. The vice president of the Carey Winston Company, who was re- sponsible for listing the building and for negotiating the lease, also informed us that he was not related to any GSA of- ficial or any member of Congress and that, to the best of his knowledge, no officer or employee of the Company was related to such persons. According to the GSA employee, the rental cost of the building will be over $350,000 a year. The negotiated-lease agreement, however, provides for an annual rental, exclusive of services or utilities, of $64,260 for the first 5-year pe- riod, $73,899 for the second 5-year period, and $83,538 for the third 5-year period. 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971 Z2IL)

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