The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a purchase order to Gilchrist Global Strategies, Inc., a service-disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned small business, for $97,940 on September 21, 2026, to conduct an Areawide Market Analysis for Mississippi under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Wetland Reserve Easement Component. The order is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Work is performed in Jackson, Mississippi, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2030. The contractor must deliver an initial draft market analysis report within 60 days of award, followed by a final report within 14 days of an NRCS meeting. Subsequent fiscal years through 2030 require annual recertification letters by July 15, identifying whether land use values have changed by more than 10 percent; if the threshold is exceeded, an amendment is due within 45 days of an NRCS meeting. The analysis must include comparable sales data from the past 24 months, a minimum of 10 sales per land use type per market area, and deliver USPAP-compliant documentation with unlocked electronic spreadsheets and GIS shapefiles.