Specifications include, but are not limited to: Task 1: The initial task in this contract is performing formal Eminent Domain Appraisal Reviews; informal, administrative consistency reviews of any Waiver Valuations; providing related coordination with Appraisal Contractor and Department; and offering technical advice and assistance to Department as needed, including on issues of project design and parcel selection as related to property acquisition challenges and Appraisal matters. This project specifically involves appraisals performed by Appraisers Steve Carlson or Brian Bethard at Black-Smith, Bethard & Carlson, LLC (hereafter Appraisal Contractor). This project involves twenty-two (22) fee simple parcels for which the Appraisal Contractor is expected to produce eight (8) separate Appraisal reports and fourteen (14) additional fee simple and TCE parcels for which DOT&PF staff will produce ten (10) Waiver Valuations.: • Offeror (Review Appraiser) shall: o perform formal, compliant Appraisal Reviews; o work independently and directly with the Appraisal Contractor to produce compliant, credible, reliable Appraisals and complete Appraisal reports, coordinate Appraisal deliveries, and make every effort to resolve concerns to produce final Appraisal and Appraisal Review reports acceptable to Department; o if authorized only to perform desk reviews without travel, immediately notify Department if Review Appraiser determines that site visits are necessary and provide a written justification to Department therefor; Task 2: Once desk review work is underway, if Offeror (Review Appraiser) determines that site visits are necessary, Offeror shall immediately notify Department and provide a written justification. Department will then authorize field reviews at the Offeror’s negotiated fees. Likewise, if Department determines site visits are necessary, Department will notify Offeror and require field reviews at the Offeror’s negotiated fees; Task 3: Revisions or Updates (Adjustment to an Approved Appraisal for Minor Change or Addition Form 25A-R415 (formerly known as “Pink Sheet”)); Re-Appraisals (when the Update involves more than a minor change or addition or the Appraisal Contractor and Department agree that a full new Appraisal is needed); Second Appraisals when just compensation may approach the threshold of $1 Million or greater; and Appraisal Reviews of Third-Party Appraisals originating from other sources (if any); Task 4: Support litigation/legal review/reporting as engaged by Department or Department of Law, including: a. answering questions regarding legal matters related to the Appraisal or Appraisal Review and advising Department or Department of Law on special problems of eminent domain, condemnation, acquisition, disposal, and Appraisal techniques; and b. making recommendations in pre-trial court settlement and condemnation case trials and related matters (this contract does not include providing expert testimony for Department for master’s hearings, litigation, and depositions).
