Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Delaware Department of Government Support Services seeks professional services to provide Real Estate Appraisal Services for Delaware’s Open Space Program. The Open Space Program coordinates the acquisition of lands to protect and conserve natural resources, cultural resources and biological diversity. This is done by acquiring land in fee or by conservation easement which protect and expand existing parks, forests, wildlife areas, nature preserves or other recreation, conservation, or cultural sites. There are three agencies, four divisions that are eligible to participate in the Open Space Program including the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Parks and Recreation and the Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Agriculture Delaware Forest Service, Department of State Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs. Appraisals must follow the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and/or the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisition (UASFLA/Yellow Book) as dictated by the financing used to purchase the land or fund the conservation easement. The Vendor may be required to work and/or coordinate efforts with other State contract awarded Vendor(s). Vendor shall analyze the regional and local area economic profiles including employment, population, household income, and real estate trends. The local area should be studied to assess the general quality and condition, and emerging development trends for the real estate market. The immediate market area should be inspected and examined to consider external influences on the subject. Vendor shall confirm and analyze legal and physical features of the subject property including, but not limited to, sizes of the site and improvements, flood plain data, seismic zone, zoning, easements and encumbrances, access and exposure of the site, and construction materials and condition of the improvements. This process also included estimating the remaining economic life of the improvements, analysis of the subject’s site coverage and parking ratios compared to market standards, a process to identify deferred maintenance and a conclusion of the subject’s overall functional utility.
