Common Sense LLC

Common Sense LLC Valuation Division, a woman-owned and veteran-owned small business based in Valrico, Florida, provides real property appraisals and appraisal technical reviews to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service as a 100% prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The firm operates as a limited liability partnership and holds self-certified status as a small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, and service-disabled veteran-owned business. Primary work falls under NAICS 541611 (Offices of Real Estate Appraisers) and centers on agricultural conservation easement appraisals, fair market value analysis, and easement acquisition support.

Common Sense LLC's customer footprint is tightly concentrated within a single agency. The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service accounts for all recent awards—97% of the portfolio—with activity spread across regional offices. By dollar volume, NRCS Headquarters dominates with three awards worth $3 million combined potential value, while regional operations (Northeast, Southeast, Central, and Western regions) account for the remainder of the $5.2 million combined potential portfolio. The vendor's work spans areawide market analyses, per-acre fair market value determinations for land enrolled in the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program—Wetland Reserve Easements, and appraisal technical reviews to validate compliance with NRCS specifications across multiple states including California, West Virginia, and Florida.

Recent representative awards include a $2.016 million firm-fixed-price purchase order (awarded September 2021, with option year 4 exercised through September 2026) for project coordinator services and appraisal background to lead the NRCS valuation team over a 12-month period with four one-year options; a $122 thousand purchase order issued June 2026 for areawide market analysis of fair market values on Agricultural Conservation Easement Program land in California, running through March 2027 with four optional one-year extensions; and a $16.4 thousand BPA call order from July 2025 for appraisal technical reviews supporting NRCS's Easement Acquisition Branch. The vendor holds a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (Award Date November 2023, $2.25 million ceiling, running through October 2028) to provide real property appraisals and technical reviews across NRCS easement programs nationwide.

Activity has declined measurably. Awards ran at four to two per year from 2021 through 2022, dropped to one in 2023, and two in 2025 with one in 2026—a pattern reflecting the vendor's dependence on a single repeat customer and narrow capability focus. One award (the $2.016 million project coordinator purchase order) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the near-term recompete exposure. Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows $1.3 million in total SCI-reportable invoiced revenue as a prime, with roughly 0.9 to 1.1 FTEs per fiscal year. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid rates ran around $210/hr median, a pricing posture consistent with professional appraisal services. The vendor operates entirely with its own delivery team and subcontracts no work; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, sub-hours share is zero. Common Sense LLC holds a current California-licensed general real property appraiser credential and demonstrates USPAP compliance competency in rural and agricultural property markets.