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STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA

1200 MEMORIAL HWY

BISMARCK, ND 58506

NOTICE OF INTENT TO MAKE A

NONCOMPETITIVE PURCHASE

11/26/2025

The State of North Dakota intends to make a purchase for which we believe there is no competition. The purpose of this notice is to determine if other sources are available and whether the procurement method is appropriate.

Vendors are permitted to submit bids or proposals for equivalent commodities or services in response to this notice. A party interested in providing these commodities or services is instructed to submit a written response to the Procurement Officer by the response deadline.

PURCHASING AGENCY: Bank of North Dakota

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION:

The State intends to make a noncompetitive purchase.

Customer access to Acres' property-specific data including, but not limited to, map layers, GIS data, water information, soil information, historical crop statistics, real estate listings, comparative sales, landowner names, property parcel numbers, property taxes and other identifying data for properties.

Acres will replace current subscriptions for property soils, parcel mapping, and property sales information. Information from a multitude of different sources will be brought together in the Acres subscription service to perform property valuation work on behalf of Bank of North Dakota.

INTENDED SOURCE:

ACRES

Acres | Analyze and Value Land With Confidence on Acres.com

PRICE:

Annual fee $10,000 with an initial term of 24 months.

After the initial term, the agreement will automatically renew annually unless canceled in writing.

JUSTIFICATION:

Bank of North Dakota's Collateral Valuation department provides property valuation work for banks and credit unions across North Dakota. This work is heavily dependent on property sales data. Access to sales data in a meaningful, accurate, and useful format is very difficult to source in one service; we currently rely on raw data from various public sources including county governments, local assessment offices, and other online resources. The proposed Acres subscription service would be a streamlined, easy to access resource for that data.

Gathering the data needed for an evaluation from various sources such as county records, soil surveys, floodplain maps, and satellite imagery can take several hours. With platforms such as Acres, data is preloaded, georeferenced, and easily accessible in one location instead of manually cross-referencing spreadsheets, printed maps, PDFs, and websites. Tasks such as locating tax parcels, confirming soil type, checking zoning status, locating nearby infrastructure, and researching comparable property sales can now be completed simultaneously within minutes using GIS based software.

On average, the Collateral Valuation Department spends 7 to 10 hours from start to finish on an agricultural land evaluation. Initial trials of the proposed Acres platform have indicated potential completion of evaluations hovering between 3 to 5 hours. Because our fee schedule for valuation services is based on completion time, the opportunity exists to reduce evaluation fees to better align with the needs of financial institutions we serve.

QUESTIONS

A vendor may contact the Procurement Officer to discuss whether its proposed solution meets the requirements. Submit any questions or requests for clarification to the Procurement Officer as soon as possible and before the response deadline.

Vanessa McCarthy Procurement Officer E-mail: vamccarthy@nd.gov Telephone: (701) 328-5828 TTY Users call: 7-1-1

RESPONSE FORMAT:

Vendors interested in submitting a response to this notice must provide the following information for consideration:

· Company Information: Provide the name of the firm, address, and website, if available.

· Contact Information: Provide the name of a contact person, telephone number, and email address.

· Specifications: Vendors are instructed to examine the Purchase Description included in this notice. When preparing your response to this notice, provide a point-by-point response to each of the described requirements. Provide detailed specifications demonstrating that the offered solution meets or exceeds the requirements stated in this notice. Provide any available documents and links to information available on the vendor’s website.

· Value-Added: Vendors may provide information about value-added features, functionality, alternatives, and additionally available components or services that are not specifically identified in the purchase description within the notice.

· Cost: Provide detailed cost information, including any applicable shipping and handling. Responses may include pricing for any offered value-added options.

RESPONSE DEADLINE: December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM CT

RESPONSE INSTRUCTION:

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION REQUIRED: An interested party must electronically submit their response through the State Procurement Office Online system (SPO Online) by the response deadline. This solicitation is posted on SPO Online: https://apps.nd.gov/csd/spo/services/bidder/main.htm. Upload instructions are provided below. Make sure to include your name and e-mail address when uploading responses to SPO Online.

DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE “LAST MINUTE” TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE. We recommend uploading responses 24 hours prior to the response deadline.

Bidder must begin the electronic submission process well in advance of the response deadline to allow for transmission and resolution of any technical difficulties. Be advised that the STATE is not responsible for a vendors failure to timely submit a response due to any technical difficulties. If you experience any technical difficulties, contact the Procurement Officer listed in this notice or the State Procurement Office at infospo@nd.gov or 701.328.2740.

If documents are in the process of being uploaded when the response deadline occurs, the upload process will stop. The attempted submission will not be uploaded successfully and is ineligible for consideration. The STATE takes no responsibility for electronic submissions that are captured, blocked, filtered, quarantined, or otherwise prevented from uploading by any anti-virus software or other security software.

1. This solicitation is posted on SPO Online at: https://apps.nd.gov/csd/spo/services/bidder/main.htm

2. Select “Recent Solicitations” and find this solicitation. Solicitations are listed by close date.

3. Use “Upload Response” to upload a maximum of five (5), clearly labeled documents before the response deadline.

4. Offerors must upload their response as requested in the response instruction section of this notice.

5. The maximum file size allowed is 50mb per file.

6. There is a 50 character file name limitation for the document being uploaded.

7. There is 75 character limit in the TITLE field within SPO Online.

8. All SPO Online field entries must be alphanumeric. Dashes and underscores are allowed; however, the system does not accept other special characters such as apostrophes, & symbols, or quotation marks, etc.

9. DO NOT submit documents that are embedded (zip files), movies, wmp, encrypted, or mp3 files.

10.The vendor will receive an email confirmation from infospo@nd.gov that the upload response was received including the “File Description” for the uploaded files. Review this email to ensure all files were successfully uploaded. If the vendor does not receive an email confirmation, the upload was not successful, and you will need to upload the files again. If the vendor does not receive an email confirmation after the reattempt, contact the Procurement Officer listed in this notice or the State Procurement Office at infospo@nd.gov or 701.328.2740.

Visit https://www.omb.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/doing-business-with-the-state/procurement/spo-electronic-response-external-job-aid.pdf for the SPO Electronic Response Job Aid which describes how to submit an electronic response.