Days after a federal court voided a deal for the Transportation Security Administration's new headquarters,General Service Administration Administrator Denise Turner Roth said the agency is examining its options.
"We'll take a look at what the ruling was and what it means for us and make decisions about how we move forward," she said.
GSA negotiated the deal, announced Aug.12, with Eisenhower Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Prudential-owned company, to move TSA to a 625,000-square-foot facility within the Victory Center Building at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria.
But the Washington Business Journal reported on Nov. 12 that a sealed Federal Claims Court decision voided the deal after competing bidder Boston Properties filed suit for what the WBJ said were "several grounds including environmental issues and irregularities in the GSA's selection process."
It's unclear what the next step will be for choosing the TSA's new headquarters, as the agency was set to move into the Victory Center Building by 2018.
Roth, who appeared at a reporter roundtable to discuss the GSA's new Economic Catalyst Initiative, said that the ruling would provide insights on how the agency would move forward.
"It's always interesting to see discussions and evaluations of how we make our moves and how that applies to us as an entity overall, but regardless, it will be a learning experience one way or another," she said.
Roth said she didn't want to further speculate on the ruling or future plans, as the litigation was still fresh.
TSA is currently housed in two locations in Arlington.
