R--Sources Sought Notice: Navajo Tracts (AQD_NAV_2026_02)
Overview
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PSC
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Original Source
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Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of the Interior's IBC Acquisition Services Directorate is conducting a Sources Sought Notice for real property appraisal and valuation services for 26 individual tracts of land owned by the Navajo Nation. This market research aims to identify qualified firms capable of determining the market value of the fee simple estate for these properties. Responses are due April 29, 2026.
Purpose & Scope
The objective is to procure appraisal and valuation services to form an independent opinion of the market value of the fee simple estate for 26 individual tracts of "Allotted land" owned by the Navajo Nation. The scope of work includes conducting market value appraisals, identifying and discussing recorded/unrecorded documents, conditions, agreements, easements, and encumbrances impacting value. Appraisals will assume a single trust-held ownership by the United States and focus on Fee Simple Estate or Fee Simple-Surface Only Estate, explicitly disregarding structural improvements and personal property.
Performance Requirements
Appraisals must meet or exceed USPAP SR 2-2(a) requirements. Reports are required to include specific information such as legal descriptions, land uses, type and quality of access, improvements, utilities, fencing, water supply, soil types, and topography. Transactional data must be confirmed, and the Sales Comparison Approach is expected, with other approaches used if necessary. Appraisals must be reconciled into a point estimate of value and include aerial photographs and property inspection photographs. Appraisers must be State Certified General Appraisers in good standing and licensed in the state where the property is located.
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Sources Sought / Market Research
- Set-Aside: None specified
- Response Due: April 29, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
- Published: April 24, 2026
- Anticipated Performance: Appraisal reports are targeted for completion within 60 days from contract award, with review comments expected within 30 calendar days of initial submission. The effective date of the appraisal must be no later than 30 calendar days prior to report submission.
Special Requirements
Appraisers are required to attend a pre-work meeting via teleconference and physically inspect the subject property unless a written waiver is obtained from AVSO. All furnished information is confidential. Questions should be directed to the AVSO review appraiser. Completed appraisal reports must be delivered in an electronic unlocked (.pdf) format, 8.5" x 11" page size, with individual appraisals for each identified tract. Unsigned and draft reports will not be accepted.