Blanket Purchase Agreement AG5241B160023

The Indiana State Office awarded a multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Sammons, Gary, doing business as Appraising Solutions (UEI: K8UABAJKKPV5), on December 18, 2015, for the provision of single-family home real estate appraisals across four Indiana counties: Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter. The BPA established a firm fixed price of $275.00 per appraisal for properties in each county, with Gary Sammons designated as key personnel. The contract was structured as a civilian procurement with no set-aside category at the BPA level, though task orders subsequently issued under this agreement were designated as Total Small Business set-asides. The BPA established an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2017, with a ceiling value of $0.00, indicating the agreement functioned as an ordering mechanism rather than a fixed-obligation contract.

Between March 2016 and November 2016, eight task orders were issued under this BPA for individual property appraisals performed in the Lake Village and Lowell areas of Indiana, with all work performed at the Lake Village, IN 46349 location. Each task order represented a separate appraisal assignment with individual ceiling values of $275.00 to $325.00 and firm fixed pricing. The task orders maintained the September 30, 2017 completion date and included properties on named streets within the service area. This contracting vehicle enabled the federal government to obtain appraisal services on an as-needed basis while maintaining cost predictability through the pre-established unit pricing mechanism established in the underlying BPA.