{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-570.102","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 570.102","heading":"570.102 Definitions.","body":"ANSI/BOMA Office Area (ABOA) means the area “where a tenant normally houses personnel, and/or furniture, for which a measurement is to be computed,” as stated by the American National Standards Institute/Building Owners and Managers Association (ANSI/BOMA) publication, Z65.1-1996.\nContract means lease.\nContractor means lessor.\nLandlord or lessor means any individual, firm, partnership, trust, association, State or local government, or other legal entity that leases real property to the Government.\nLease or leasehold interest in real property means a conveyance to the Government of the right of exclusive possession of real property for a definite period of time by a landlord. It may include operational services provided by the landlord.\nLease acquisition means the acquiring by lease of an interest in improved real property for use by the Government, whether the space already exists or must be constructed.\nLease extension means extension of the expiration date of a lease to provide for continued occupancy on a short term basis.\nLease renewal (option) means the right, but not the obligation of the Government to continue a lease upon specified terms and conditions, including lease term and rent.\nLessee or tenant means the United States of America.\nOperational services means services that support use of a leased property, such as heating, ventilation, air condition, utilities, and custodial services.\nSimplified lease acquisition procedures mean the procedures for awarding leases at or below the simplified lease acquisition threshold.\nSimplified lease acquisition threshold means the simplified acquisition threshold (see FAR 2.101), when applied to the average annual amount of rent for the term of the lease, including option periods and excluding the cost of services.\nSmall business means a concern including affiliates, which is organized for profit, is independently-owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of leasing commercial real estate, and that has annual average gross receipts for the preceding three fiscal years which are less than the size standard established by the Small Business Administration pursuant to 13 CFR Part 121. The size standards may be found at https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards. For most lease procurements, the NAICS code is 531190.\nSolicitation for Offers (SFO) means a request for proposals.\nSubstantially as follows or substantially the same as, when used in prescribing a provision or clause, means that the contracting officer may prepare and use a variation of that provision or clause to accommodate requirements peculiar to an individual acquisition. The variation must include the salient features of the FAR or GSAR provision or clause. It must also be consistent with the intent, principle, and substance of the FAR or GSAR provision or clause and related coverage on the subject matter.\nSucceeding lease means a lease whose effective date immediately follows the expiration date of an existing lease for space in the same building.\nSuperseding lease means a lease that replaces an existing lease, prior to the scheduled expiration of the existing lease term.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 5—GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION","SUBCHAPTER I—SPECIAL CONTRACTING PROGRAMS","PART 570—ACQUIRING LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY","Subpart 570.1—General"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"2279d3a87295e3b85ca334f5585601e01794b693fecd3d3a0bc37bbffd0dd999","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-570.101","next":"us/48-cfr-570.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}