Specifications include, but are not limited to: The successful Offeror/prospective Contractor (Contractor) shall provide services in this contract to ensure a transparent, consistent, and reliable acquisition and disposal process of integrity to maintain a high level of public trust by providing comprehensive Appraisal Review services employing: • critical analyses of the Appraisal process reflected in the Appraisal report; • methods of establishing the quality and credibility of the Appraisal; and • supported Recommendation of Just Compensation for the proposed acquisition of property for State- and Federal-aid funded projects. Tasks: This project includes, but is not limited to, the following tasks, which may be engaged separately or in combination under a Notice to Proceed. • 7 Eminent Domain Appraisal Reviews – formal reviews of Appraisals performed by Black-Smith, Bethard and Carlson, LLC (hereafter referred to as Appraisal Contractor) in compliance with the Alaska Right-of-Way Manual, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act (42 USC 4601-4655, 49 CFR Part 24, especially but not limited to sections on valuations, review, and Appendix A), and : o Review Appraiser shall: perform formal, compliant Appraisal Reviews; independently work with the Appraisal Contractor to produce compliant, credible, reliable Appraisals and complete Appraisal reports; complete, maintain, and submit: • Narrative Appraisal Checklist Form 25A-R510; • Review (Appraisal Contractor’s) Appraiser's Determination of Just Compensation Form 25A-R505, including calculations of the recommended compensation to extinguish the remaining fee simple interest under any existing PLOs/easements; and • confidential work file for each Appraisal Review including Reviewer’s notes, final Appraisal, and appropriate supporting documentation, all communications with the Appraisal Contractor, the Department, and others concerning the Appraisal, etc. o Contractor shall provide a bid and approximate timeline to conduct this work for each Appraisal report indicated in the Appraisal contract named above. o Though it is unknown if this contract will involve providing expert witness testimony for the State for master’s hearings, litigation, and depositions, Contractor agrees in accepting this contract they shall provide expert witness testimony and assistance for all work products generated under this contract. Exact scope and costs for expert witness services will be negotiated when they are identified, and will be either added to this contract as a future amendment, or negotiated under a subsequent contract for the Department of Law should this contract be closed.
