The contractor shall provide an assessment of the physical needs and costs for improvements for the Subject Property, including dwelling and non-dwelling buildings and grounds for the development. The services provided by the Contractor shall include the following: 1. Perform interviews as needed with knowledgeable staff as to the existing documents, plans, building histories, maintenance records, REAC scores, etc., of the property. 2. Identify all development components that will be part of the assessment. 3. Establish a sampling methodology per property subject to LHA approval. The number of units to be sampled per the development is to be at a minimum of 30%. HUD RAD requires a minimum of 25% of occupied units and 100% of vacant units inspected; the 30% should allow for the inspection of all vacant units and 25% of the occupied units. The sample should include at least 1 of each apartment size in the building. Units must be distributed so that a variety of conditions will be evaluated (top-floor units, corner units, areas where weathering occurs, etc.). Units shall also be spread out among the buildings to the extent feasible. Within the unit sampling, 100% of Section 504-designated units will be inspected. 4. 100% of grounds/site areas, paving and grading, building exteriors/envelope, finishes, program areas, offices, common areas, multi-purpose building (s), mechanical areas, sprinklers, emergency systems, and non-dwelling structures at the development are to be inspected. 5. Record the electric and gas meter (s) numbers for all units. Provide an Excel spreadsheet of the meter numbers correlating to the addresses...
