99--Appraisal Services - Midwest Region

Appraisal Services Market Value NAICS - 531320 The appraisal report is to be prepared in compliance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The purpose of the appraisal is to estimate the market value of the property. The report will be used to assist the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the possible acquisition of the property. Market Value is defined as: Market Value is the amount in cash, or on terms reasonably equivalent to cash, for which in all probability the property would have sold on the effective date of the appraisal, after a reasonable exposure time on the open competitive market, from a willing and reasonably knowledgeable seller to a willing and reasonably knowledgeable buyer, with neither acting under any compulsion to buy or sell, giving due consideration to all available economic uses of the property at the time of the appraisal. Revenue Sharing/Upper Miss River NWR:Houston, Wabasha, Winona Co., MN: Revenue Sharing/Upper Miss River NWR; Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott, Co., IA: Revenue Sharing/Upper Miss River NWR; Carroll JoDaviess, Rock Island, Whiteside Co., IL Period of Performance: 08/08/2006 - 12/15/2006 "See Note 22 below" The proposed contract action is for services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Ritter Appraisals Inc., under the authority of FAR 13. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within four days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.