Appraisal Services - Mississippi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service is procuring real estate appraisal services for conservation easement properties in Mississippi under RFQ 12FPC425Q0077. The contractor must provide appraisal services for three wildlife properties totaling 3,461.75 acres across three separate locations in Leake County, Mississippi, requiring two market value opinions (before and after conservation easement placement) to determine easement values. Appraisers must be state-certified general real property appraisers in good standing with no disciplinary actions in the past five years and demonstrate competency in Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) for rural and agricultural properties. The evaluation will be conducted using lowest-price technically acceptable criteria, with awards made to qualified offerors who meet all technical requirements. Quotes must be submitted electronically to Contract Specialist Crystal Baird at crystal.baird@usda.gov by August 28, 2025 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time, with Amendment 0001 confirming that only site inspections and appraisals are required without rebuttal or trial testimony services.

This procurement is designated as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 531320 (Offices of Real Estate Appraisers) with a size standard of $9.5 million in annual receipts. No current contractors or incumbents are identified in the solicitation documents. While no specific contract value is disclosed, potential offerors must be registered in SAM.gov with active status before submitting quotes. The period of performance spans from September 2, 2025 to December 1, 2025, providing approximately three months to complete all appraisal work. The three properties are located in Abbeville, Mississippi 38601, with the individual parcels covering 274.68 acres, 841.2 acres, and 2,345.87 acres respectively, all situated in Leake County and involving Wildlife Mississippi conservation easement acquisitions.