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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe federal government is hoping the third time’s the charm for a new
FBI field office in Indianapolis.
The U.S. General Services Administration said today it has awarded the
deal to Ohio-based Fedcar Company Ltd., which plans to build a
$39.8-million campus on 14 acres near Interstate 465 and Allisonville
Road in Castleton.
The deal has been a bureaucratic mess since the government first awarded
the contract in March 2007 to Missouri-based BC Development Co., a
government contract specialist that developed FBI offices in Alabama and
Florida.
BC had proposed building on the same site in Castleton, despite the fact
that Fedcar’s parent, Carnegie Management and Development Corp., held
the first contract on the property. When the companies failed to reach
terms, the government reopened the project for new bids.
In December 2007, the GSA selected locally based Duke Realty Corp. to
build the facility at another location, the Woodland Corporate Park
along Interstate 465 between 71st and 86th streets.
But Fedcar, which has built FBI field offices in Ohio, Illinois and
Tennessee, wasn’t ready to concede the lucrative government deal. So the
company took its case to the Government Accountability Office, and won.
The current project calls for a complex of three buildings: a
three-story office building, an enclosed parking garage and a separate
maintenance building. The project will have about 110,000
square feet of space, a big boost from the FBI’s 55,000-square-foot
space in the Minton-Capehart Federal Building downtown.
The original plans called for the same amount of space, but at a cost of about $2 million less.
The new deal, over a 15-year term, will pay Fedcar about $65.3 million.
The same period in the Duke deal would have cost the government $64.3
million. And the contract with BC called for payments of $54.2 million.
The GSA says work on the site could begin as early as July, with full
construction slated to begin in the fall. Completion is scheduled for
December 2010.
Is the third award of the deal the final word on the project?
“I can’t say that,” said GSA Spokesman David Wilkinson.
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