Rural Water Circuit

The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development has a continuing requirement for a contractor to provide services for both the rural water circuit rider program and the wastewater circuit rider program.

Solicitation Summary

The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development has a continuing requirement for a contractor to provide services for both the rural water circuit rider program and the wastewater circuit rider program.

Solicitation in a Nutshell

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Details
Agency Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
Solicitation Number 12RADARFI2CIRCUITRIDER
Status Pre-RFP
Solicitation Date 04/2025 (Estimate)
Award Date 07/2025 (Estimate)
Contract Ceiling Value $112,321,000
Competition Type  Full and Open / Unrestricted
Type of Award Other
Primary Requirement  Administrative, Logistics & Management
Duration  1 year(s) base plus 4 x 1 year(s) option(s)
Contract Type  Firm Fixed Price,Cost Reimbursement
No. of Expected Awards N/A
NAICS Code(s):
541611

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
Size Standard: $24.5 million annual receipts
Place of Performance:
  • United States
Opportunity Website: https://sam.gov/opp/49ba33b147a848189a5fafe78838b960/view

Background

The Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America. Through programs, they touch rural America in many ways.

Their financial programs support such essential public facilities and services as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. We promote economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks, credit unions and community-managed lending pools. They offer technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations. We provide technical assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment programs.

USDA Rural Development has a $155 billion portfolio of loans and will administer $20 billion in loans, loan guarantees and grants through our programs in the current fiscal year. We achieve our mission by helping rural individuals, communities and businesses obtain the financial and technical assistance needed to address their diverse and unique needs.

Requirements

We anticipate this will be limited to a non-profit contractor that must provide a nationwide technical assistance program to support the following objectives:

  • State by State Presence:  Ability for each state and rural water and wastewater systems to have sufficient and immediate access to qualified, well-experienced, and certified water professionals or Circuit Riders for hands-on and onsite assistance
  • Onsite System Assistance:  Ability for each Circuit Rider to have the equipment and capability to monitor utility status, maintain communication, and provide immediate access to systems that are capable of delivering the requirements especially during emergencies and disasters
  • Onsite Training and Technical Assistance:  Provide technical and professional expertise on utility management, system operations, financial sustainability, and WEP program knowledge.  Possess the capability to deliver and share technical and professional expertise via training in order to maintain knowledge, management, and leadership capacity at the utility level including support to succession planning and apprenticeship in partnership with Department of Labor, Community Colleges, and other key local agencies
  • Rapid Response During Emergencies & Disasters:  Ability to minimize disruption to water and wastewater services during emergencies and disasters by facilitating assessments and emergency plans and regional partnerships utilities as may be necessary, such as electric, water, sewer, etc. Development/execution of mutual agreements between systems and/or state rural water associations for continuity of water and wastewater services during emergencies and disasters
  • Strategic Customer Service:  Experience working with a diversity of rural water systems and structures including municipality, water districts, county districts, regional water, private non-profit, private for-profit, cooperative, and tribally owned and operated rural water and wastewater

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