USDA RD Single-Family Housing Nationwide Appraisal Services

AMENDMENT RELEASE NOTICE

• Amendment 0001 dated June 10, 2022 has been issued as part of the solicitation (see SF30 attachment).  Offerors are required to complete and return a signed copy in accordance with Section 11 of the SF30.

RFP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Q&A)

• The Government has provided a response to offeror questions submitted on June 7, 2022, related to the RFP posted in the solicitation notice. A summary of changes to the Final RFP can be found in Amendment 0001. (See attachment)

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SOLICITATION RELEASE NOTICE

**PLEASE NOTE: ALL FINAL DOCUMENTS ARE LABELED WITH THE WORD “FINAL”

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD), has a requirement to provide nationwide appraisal services in Rural America with the goal of this effort is to deliver professional, unbiased written appraisal reports written independently and impartially by qualified appraisers; setting forth opinion of the value for the described property, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information. The nationwide appraisal service is to be national in scope, supporting an RD portfolio that includes all 50 states and its territories which includes Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Island and Palau. RD processes loan originations and limited servicing functions through approximately 550 field offices. The Contractor is responsible to furnish all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, travel, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform appraisal services as defined in the Performance Work Statement.

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate an unrestricted FULL and OPEN competition. The resulting contract will be a multiple award, performance-based, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an ordering period of five (5) years. The applicable North American Industry Classification System is 531320, Offices of Real Estate Appraisers, and the Small Business Size Standard is $8.0 million. 

All questions are due by 7 June 2022, by close of business 5:00PM ET, in the MS Excel format prescribed in Section L.6-2 of the RFP. Written questions may be sent to the Contracting Officer via email to Elizabeth Nieves Torres at Elizabeth.torres@usda.gov and Michelle Kouis at michelle.kouis@usda.gov and the title must include “OfferorName_SHNASQUESTION”.

Interested offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) at the time an offer is submitted. To register go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. You will need your DUNS/UEI number, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and banking information to register. Instructions for registering are on the SAM web page (there is no fee for registration).

The solicitation and associated information will be available only from the beta.SAM.GOV website online at https://SAM.GOV/. SAM.GOV is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies.

DRAFT RFP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Q&A)

The Government has provided a response to offeror questions submitted on May 17, 2022, related to the draft RFP posted in the pre-solicitation notice. A summary of changes to the RFP can be found after the Q&A section in the document titled “Responses to Draft SHNAS RFP Questions 5_26.pdf”

SOLICITATION RELEASE NOTICE

**PLEASE NOTE: ALL FINAL DOCUMENTS ARE LABELED WITH THE WORD “FINAL”

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development (RD), has a requirement to provide nationwide appraisal services in Rural America with the goal of this effort is to deliver professional, unbiased written appraisal reports written independently and impartially by qualified appraisers; setting forth opinion of the value for the described property, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information. The nationwide appraisal service is to be national in scope, supporting an RD portfolio that includes all 50 states and its territories which includes Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Island and Palau. RD processes loan originations and limited servicing functions through approximately 550 field offices. The Contractor is responsible to furnish all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, travel, tools, materials, supervision, and other items necessary to perform appraisal services as defined in the Performance Work Statement.

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate an unrestricted FULL and OPEN competition. The resulting contract will be a multiple award, performance-based, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an ordering period of five (5) years. The applicable North American Industry Classification System is 531320, Offices of Real Estate Appraisers, and the Small Business Size Standard is $8.0 million. 

All questions are due by 7 June 2022, by close of business 5:00PM ET, in the MS Excel format prescribed in Section L.6-2 of the RFP. Written questions may be sent to the Contracting Officer via email to Elizabeth Nieves Torres at Elizabeth.torres@usda.gov and Michelle Kouis at michelle.kouis@usda.gov and the title must include “OfferorName_SHNASQUESTION”.

Interested offerors must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) at the time an offer is submitted. To register go to: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. You will need your DUNS/UEI number, Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and banking information to register. Instructions for registering are on the SAM web page (there is no fee for registration).

The solicitation and associated information will be available only from the beta.SAM.GOV website online at https://SAM.GOV/. SAM.GOV is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies.

DRAFT RFP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Q&A)

The Government has provided a response to offeror questions submitted on May 17, 2022, related to the draft RFP posted in the pre-solicitation notice. A summary of changes to the RFP can be found after the Q&A section in the document titled “Responses to Draft SHNAS RFP Questions 5_26.pdf”