§ 101-47.203-5 - Screening of excess real property.

Excess real property and related personal property reported by executive agencies shall, unless such screening is waived, be screened by GSA for utilization by Federal real property holding agencies (listed in § 101-47.4907), which may reasonably be expected to have use for the property as follows:

(a) Notices of availability will be submitted to each such agency which shall, within 30 calendar days from the date of notice, advise GSA if there is a firm requirement or a tentative requirement for the property. Agencies having tentative or firm requirements for surplus Federal real property for replacement housing for displaced persons, as authorized by section 218 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1902), shall review these notices for the additional purpose of identifying properties for which they may have such a requirement. When such a requirement exists, the agency shall so advise the appropriate GSA regional office.

(1) In the event a tentative requirement exists, the agency shall, within an additional 30 calendar days, advise GSA if there is a firm requirement.

(2) Within 60 calendar days after advice to GSA that a firm requirement exists, the agency shall furnish GSA a request for transfer of the property pursuant to § 101-47.203-7.

(b) Notices of availability for information of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education in connection with the exercise of the authority vested under the provisions of section 203(k)(1) of the Act; the Secretary of the Interior in connection with provisions in 16 U.S.C. 667b through d, the exercise of the authority vested under the provisions of section 203(k)(2) of the Act, or a determination under the provisions of section 203(k)(3) of the Act; and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the exercise of the authority vested under the provisions of section 203(k)(6) of the Act will be sent to the offices designated by those officials to serve the areas in which the properties are located. Similar notices of availability for information of the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in connection with a possible determination under the provisions of section 203(p)(1) of the Act, and for information of the Secretary of Transportation in connection with the exercise of the authority vested under the provisions of section 203(q) of the Act, will be respectively sent to the Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

(c) The Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Transportation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall not attempt to interest a local applicant in a property until it is determined surplus, except with the prior consent of GSA on a case-by-case basis or as otherwise agreed upon. When such consent is obtained, the local applicant shall be informed that consideration of the application is conditional upon the property being determined surplus to Federal requirements and made available for the purposes of the application. However, these Federal agencies are encouraged to advise the appropriate GSA regional office of those excess properties which are suitable for their programs.

(d) Concurrently with the 30-day Federal agency use screening period, those Federal agencies that sponsor public benefit disposals at less than fair market value as permitted by the statutory authorities in § 101-47.4905 may provide the disposal agency with a recommendation, together with a brief supporting rationale, as illustrated in § 101-47.4909, that the highest and best use of the property is for a specific public benefit purpose. The recommendation may be made by the agency head, or designee, and will be considered by the disposal agency in its final highest and best use analysis and determination. After a determination of surplus has been made, if the disposal agency agrees with a sponsoring Federal agency that the highest and best use of a particular property is for a specific public benefit purpose, local public bodies will be notified that the property is available for that use.