This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Thermal, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The brief description of services required by this contract will be the placement of bales; installation and replacement of irrigation systems; installation, establishment, and replacement of plants; and construction and upkeep of ramps and access roads at projects around the Salton Sea. Inquiries regarding the processing of this bid should be referred to Carley Porter at (916) 902-6930. Please note that no verbal information given will be binding upon the State unless such information is issued in writing as an official addendum to this solicitation. The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) requires the assistance of an outside contractor that will support the Salton Sea Management Program in the placement of bales; installation and replacement of irrigation systems; installation, establishment, and replacement of plants; and construction and upkeep of ramps and access roads at projects around the Salton Sea. Technical questions must be submitted by September 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM Answers to technical questions will be disseminated by September 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM Technical questions must be submitted in writing to carley.porter@water.ca.gov. Anticipated start date of agreement is December 2024 The anticipated term of this agreement is 2 years. In submitting your bid, you must comply with these instructions. Pre Bid Conference(N/A) The Small Business preference offers certified SB's and MB's a calculation preference in the amount of five percent (5%) of the lowest responsible bid submitted by a bidder who is not a certified small business. The SB preference is used as a calculation for determining the lowest bidder and does not affect the actual price bid. The State will grant SB's a five percent (5%) Small Business preference on a bid evaluation when a responsible non-small business (NSB) has submitted the lowestpriced, responsive bid pursuant to the evaluation of a solicitation method when a small business: a. Includes in its bid a notification to the awarding department that it is a small business or that it has submitted to DGS Office of Small Business & Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services (OSDS) a complete application no later than 5:00 p.m. on the bid due date, and is subsequently certified by DGS as a small business; and b. Submits a timely, responsive bid; and c. Has been determined to be a responsible bidder. Now reads as follows: The anticipated term of this agreement is two (2) years with one (1) one-year option under the same terms and conditions The Department reserves the right to renew this Agreement for one (1) additional year under the same terms and conditions, except for signed price adjustments listed in the bid sheet(s).