Temple Hill Associates

Temple Hill Associates, registered as a sole proprietorship doing business as Jay E. Closser, provides real estate appraisal services to federal agencies, primarily focused on valuation of land parcels to support land management, conservation, and acquisition programs.

As a prime contractor, Temple Hill Associates has been awarded multiple federal contracts to conduct appraisals on private and federal lands, mainly within the Northeast region. These include firm fixed price purchase orders from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service to perform area-wide market valuations and individual property appraisals in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts in support of the Agency's conservation easement and wetlands reserve programs. Additionally, the company has received contracts under blanket purchase agreement calls from the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region to appraise specific parcels within National Forests in Vermont and New Hampshire. These awards have ranged from $4,300 to $15,200 and often carried total small business set aside designations. The appraisals aim to provide valuation data to inform Forest Service land planning and potential acquisition decisions.

Temple Hill Associates also holds a 5-year blanket purchase agreement with the USDA Forest Service Eastern Region for appraisal services, with a potential value of $750,000. Under this multiple award IDV, the company has received firm fixed price calls to appraise parcels within the Green Mountain National Forest and other Eastern Region forests. The calls have required appraisals on several hundred acres of federal and private land tracts located in Vermont and New Hampshire.