Leasing guidance

Leasing policy and procedures are reflected in the Leasing Desk Guide and through other policy information such as Leasing Alerts, Lease Acquisition Circulars, and Realty Services Letters.

Policies are effective until they are canceled by additional LDG issuances, Leasing Alerts, or LACs.

Leasing desk guide

The LDG chapters contain authorities, policies, technical and procedural guides, and administrative limitations governing the acquisition of real property; use it to understand typical considerations, process steps, and requirements of lease acquisitions.

You may download the individual LDG chapters below.

Leasing alerts

Date issuedLeasing alert
2026/02/05LA-26-02 Cancellation and Archiving of Leasing Alerts and Lease Acquisition Circulars
2026/01/06LA-26-01 Cancellation of Leasing Alerts LA-21-08, “Solicitations Provisions & General Clauses”; LA-22-07, Revision to General Clauses (GSA Forms 3517A and 3517B); and LA-23-07, “Revision to Solicitation Provisions and General Clauses (GSA Templates 3516, 3516A, 3517A and 3517B) – Version 2”
2024/11/12LA-24-05 Implementing Certain Provisions of the Secure Federal LEASEs Act, Pub. L. 116-276 – Updated Guidance
2024/11/12LA-24-04 Updated Compliance Checklist for Federal Agencies Seeking Lease Delegations
2024/03/21LA-24-02 Updated Guidance on Renewal Options Added Post Award
2024/01/23LA-24-01 Notification of Leasing Policy Updates Related to Expired or Obsolete Policy [PDF - 483 KB]
2023/06/14LA-23-02 Consistent Treatment of Rents During Lease Holdovers
2023/03/01LA-23-01 New Parking Category and the Elimination of D&F’s for Visitor Parking [PDF - 384 KB]
2021/09/23

LA-21-13 Publicizing Request for Lease Proposals and Presolicitation Notices on the SAM.gov [PDF - 343 KB]

  • Attachment 1 - Post Survey Notification Template for Locations that Do Not Meet Minimum Government Requirements
  • Attachment 2 - RLP Posting Notification Email Template
  • Attachment 3 - Generic Sensitive Information Template
  • Attachment 4 - Additional Guidance and Screenshots
2020/08/24, 
2020/10/28, 
and 2022/02/02

LA-20-11 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Replaces LA-20-01) [PDF - 476 KB]

2020/07/15

LA-20-08 Small Business Subcontracting Plan and Reporting [PDF - 335 KB] (Replaces LA-FY17-09)

2020/06/02LA-20-07 CANCELLATION OF LEASING ALERT LA-19-13 ISSUED 12/19/2019
2020/04/14LA-20-05 Required Data Reporting for Federal Agencies Using Lease Delegations
2020/03/26LA-20-04 Post Award Reviews of Delegated Leases
2020/02/21LA-20-02 G-REX and FRPP Data Reconciliation
2019/08/23

LA-19-07 Digital Signatures on Lease Contracts and Lease Amendments

  • Amendment 1 to Leasing Alert 19-07 - Digital Signatures 3/20/2020 This amendment to Leasing Alert 19-07 temporarily allows LCOs/ALCOs to digitally countersign manually signed Lease and Lease Amendment documents during this extended period of telework due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019/03/06LA-19-01 Mandatory Use of G-REX
2017/03/29LA-FY17-07 Net of Utilities Lease Structure
2016/04/05Leasing Alert - Clarifications to Building Specific Amortized Capital Security, Pertains to Leased Space Only

Lease acquisition circulars

Date issuedLAC
2023/03/15
2022/08/29LAC-2022-03 Revisions to Leasing Desk Guide, Chapter 2, New or Replacing Lease [PDF - 201 KB]
2016/12/21LAC-2017-02 Revised LDG Chapter 6 Change in Square Footage - Expansion and Reduction [PDF - 30 KB]
2016/08/03

LAC-2016-03 Small Leases [PDF - 27 KB]

2015/04/15LAC-2015-02 Lease policy implementing the PBS Key Sustainable Products
2014/09/29LAC-2014-06 Lease Requirements for Protection of Environmental, Archaeological, and Historic Resources [PDF - 13 MB]
2011/09/29LAC-2011-13 Update of Sustainability Lease Provisions

Templates

These templates are discretionary tools provided to promote consistency, efficiency, and regulatory compliance in GSA lease acquisitions. They are also published to support transparency by illustrating how GSA typically structures solicitation packages and resulting lease agreements.

Use of these templates is not mandatory unless required by law or policy. 

These materials are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute a solicitation or commitment by the Government.

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Last updated: Feb 27, 2026
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