{"id":4744,"date":"2024-04-30T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/?p=4744"},"modified":"2024-04-30T11:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T15:50:54","slug":"maryland-department-of-general-services-announces-request-for-proposals-to-lease-space-for-multiple-state-agencies-in-baltimore-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/2024\/04\/30\/maryland-department-of-general-services-announces-request-for-proposals-to-lease-space-for-multiple-state-agencies-in-baltimore-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of General Services Announces Request for Proposals to Lease Space for Multiple State Agencies in Baltimore City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>BALTIMORE, MD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 The Maryland Department of General Services today announced a solicitation seeking commercial office space for lease for multiple state agencies set to relocate from the State Center complex in Baltimore City. The Maryland Department of General Services, Department of Budget and Management, and the Maryland Tax Court in Baltimore City are seeking available commercial lease space in Baltimore City\u2019s downtown business district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Maryland Department of General Services shares the Moore-Miller Administration\u2019s initiative to positively impact Baltimore City,\u201d said Maryland Department of General Services Secretary Atif Chaudhry. \u201cBy relocating our state agencies in downtown Baltimore, we seek to play an active role in revitalizing Baltimore\u2019s central business district.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In April 2021, the state announced a plan to absorb approximately 1 million square feet of an expanding vacancy rate in the central business district. The Department of General Services is seeking approximately 89,720 square feet of administrative office space and 373 parking spaces on behalf of 556 General Services employees, 14 Budget and Management employees, and 12 Maryland Tax Court employees.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To date, the Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation and the Comptroller\u2019s Office Taxpayer Services Division have relocated from the State Center campus to the downtown central business district. The remainder of the Comptroller\u2019s Office will move by June, with other agencies relocating by early 2025. The Maryland Department of Health is targeted to vacate the campus by the end of 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The request for proposals for agency office space solicitations is listed on the Office of State Procurement\u2019s website, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emma.maryland.gov\/page.aspx\/en\/bpm\/process_manage\/44001\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/emma.maryland.gov\/page.aspx\/en\/bpm\/process_manage\/44001\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interested parties who wish to do business with the state and stay informed about this opportunity and other state procurements should register their organizations with eMMA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eMMA can be accessed through:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The General Services website @ DGS.Maryland.gov<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Office of State Procurement website @ procurement.Maryland.gov<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eMMA.Maryland.gov<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About DGS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The Department of General Services is responsible for essential services and programs administered on behalf of the state, including procuring goods and services; designing, building, leasing, managing and maintaining facilities; leading energy conservation efforts; administering the state\u2019s Capital Grants Program; and providing essential services such as fuel management, disposition of surplus property and records management. The Department of General Services Maryland Capitol Police maintains safety and security at state buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of General Services today announced a solicitation seeking commercial office space for lease for multiple state agencies set to relocate from the State Center complex in Baltimore City. The Maryland Department of General Services, Department of Budget and Management, and the Maryland Tax Court<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/2024\/04\/30\/maryland-department-of-general-services-announces-request-for-proposals-to-lease-space-for-multiple-state-agencies-in-baltimore-city\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4745,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4744\/revisions\/4745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}