BRAC

Base Realignment and Closure Commission

In May 2005, the federally mandated Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) presented its report to the Department of Defense (DoD) on recommendations for the placement, realignment and consolidation of military installations and the location of DoD personnel.

Fairfax County and its neighbors will be greatly impacted by the final implementation of the BRAC plan. Northern Virginia's proximity to Washington, D.C., and the Pentagon, as well as the the availability of commercial office space, has made the area an attractive location for DoD agencies and public sector contractors.

What will be the impact of BRAC be on Fairfax County?

Overall, Fairfax County will see a net new job gain as an estimated 14,000 civilian and military workers move to Fort Belvoir in the southeastern part of the county by September 15, 2011, as mandated by Congress. Fort Belvoir currently employs more than 22,000 civilian and military personnel, and is one of the largest employers in Fairfax County.

To prepare for the influx of workers, Fort Belvoir is spending an estimated $4 billion to build new space and redevelop existing buildings on the 7,700-acre Main Post and on the non-contiguous, 800-acre Fort Belvoir North Area in Springfield (also known as the Engineer Proving Ground). The new construction, which includes 20 separate projects totaling nearly 6.2 million square feet of building space, includes a 120-bed, state-of-the-art hospital on-post that replaces the previous community hospital. Adjacent to Fairfax County, approximately 6,400 Washington Headquarters Services personnel will be relocated to a new office building at the Mark Center in the City of Alexandria.

Among the entities that will move to the Fort Belvoir property in Fairfax County:

• Army and DoD organizations from leased space throughout the Washington region
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Medical care functions formerly located at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
• Missile Defense Agency
• Selected Defense Intelligence Agency activities
• Inventory Control Point functions from military bases in Pennsylvania and Ohio

The area surrounding Fort Belvoir also is expected to see an influx of new jobs as private-sector contractors move to the area to be in close proximity to their government clients.

Businesses interested in BRAC-related contracting opportunities at Fort Belvoir should visit the Federal Business Opportunities Web site (www.fedbizopps.gov or www.fbo.gov) or the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) Acquisition Business Web site (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/), or contact the Capital District Contracting Center (CDCC) at Fort Belvoir at 703-806-0136.

For more detailed information on BRAC at Fort Belvoir and related construction activities at Fort Belvoir, visit www.belvoirnewvision.com, or call 1-877-268-2424. An analysis by the county’s Department of Planning and Zoning of BRAC’s anticipated impact on county land use is available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpz/apr/brac/.