The General Services Administration’s failed attempt to broker a deal for a new FBI headquarters facility wasted millions of dollars and pushed progress almost back to square one — a costly reminder of the risks that can come with creative procurement strategies.
The initial plan to relocate the FBI from its deteriorating headquarters from Washington, D.C., to one of three sites in either Virginia or Maryland entailed turning over the 43-year-old J. Edgar Hoover Building to a private developer, who would then build a new FBI campus. The cost difference would then be funded by the taxpayers.
