Professional Appraisal Services

Master Agreement PL313 provides comprehensive professional appraisal and appraisal review services for real property acquisitions and conservation easement valuations throughout Florida. The contract encompasses both fee appraisal services—including narrative appraisal reports, executive summaries, and appraisal checklists—and appraisal review services that evaluate draft appraisals prepared by other professionals. Services are available for property valuations in fee simple, conservation easement interests, and restricted easement valuations, with work performed in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Supplemental Appraisal Standards for the Board of Trustees. The vehicle is structured as a statewide indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract available to all Florida governmental entities, including state agencies, universities, water management districts, counties, municipalities, and local public authorities, enabling efficient and coordinated appraisal services for land acquisition projects.

W.H. Benson & Company serves as the prime contractor under this Master Agreement administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of State Lands, Bureau of Appraisal. The contract was originally awarded on March 27, 2014, with an initial period of performance extending through March 26, 2017, and was subsequently renewed through Amendment No. 1 to March 26, 2020, and extended through September 26, 2020, via Amendment No. 2. The contract provides services statewide throughout Florida and is structured as a master agreement with hourly rates of $120.00 per hour and a total contract value not to exceed $250,000 for the initial three-year period. Individual task assignments are issued on a fixed-price basis, ranging from approximately $1,500 to $12,000 per assignment, with larger acquisitions and projects funded primarily through the Florida Forever program.