****Solicitation Amended to add Questions & Answers file and extend solicitation due date until May 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM CST.****
This is a Request for Quotes (RFQ) for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Real Property Appraisal Reports for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) North Dakota State Office.
This is a 100% set aside to Small Business applicable NAICS code is 531320 "Office of Real Estate Appraiser" which has a size standard of $9.5M. For more information on SBA size standard visit http://www.sba.gov/size.
Work will be performed in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW), Terms and Conditions, and Clauses. The acquisition procedures at FAR Part 13.5 and 12 are being utilized. The Government intends to award one or multiple BPAs containing Firm Fixed Priced unit rates but reserves the right not to award any BPA from this solicitation as wel. There will be no funds associated with this BPA. Funding will be issued at the BPA Call Order Level.
Any resultant BPA from this solicitation will contain Firm Fixed Price unit prices and will include a five (5) year ordering period commencing on the date of the BPA award. The delivery date governing each call order will be identified within the call order at the time of order placement. The period of performance for a real property appraisal report will be 45 calendar days after receipt of the order.
BPA Calls may be placed against this BPA by any properly warranted Contracting Officer or authorized Government Purchase Cardholder for the USDA. Each individual BPA call will have a unique appraisal requirement to be specific on the BPA Call. Payments may be made via the government purchase card or electronic funds transfer.
The period of performance for this BPA will be five years from the date of award of the BPA and subject to annual review/parties right to terminate.
The contractor shall not be required to perform services on the following eleven (11) federally recognized holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
