Certified SB, including MB, SB-PW, or DVBE Only** IFPQ - Irrigation Repair and Installation Services in Santa Clara and Alameda Counties

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Procurement and Contracts has issued an Invitation for Price Quote (IFPQ #04A7412) for irrigation repair and installation services across Santa Clara and Alameda Counties. The scope of work encompasses comprehensive irrigation system maintenance and upgrades on multiple state routes, including servicing potable and non-potable irrigation systems, replacing components such as electronic valves, flow sensors, pipes, gate valves, and wye strainers, upgrading to WeatherTRAK smart controllers, installing a 3-inch submeter with a five-year service plan at the Alameda County location, and providing recycled water warning signage and tags. The contract requires contractors to furnish all necessary labor, equipment, tools, parts, materials, supplies, travel, permits, and fees, with estimated deliverables including five smart controller upgrades, two Optiflow XR controllers, two submeters, ten electronic remote-control valves of each size, twenty-five sprinkler assemblies, flow sensors, galvanized steel pipes, plants with amendments, and sixty hours of job site management plus seventy-five hours of traffic control. Contractors must hold valid C27 Landscaping and C31 Construction Zone Traffic Control licenses from the California Contractors State Licensing Board and maintain current Department of Industrial Relations registration. The price quote submission deadline is February 9, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time, with a proposed award date of February 23, 2026, and contract commencement on March 16, 2026, through March 15, 2027; written questions must be submitted by February 2, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Prevailing wage requirements apply to bids exceeding $15,000, and a one-year warranty on all work and materials is required upon completion and acceptance.

This solicitation is exclusively reserved for contractors certified as Small Businesses (SB), Micro Businesses (MB), Small Businesses for the purpose of public works (SB-PW), or Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises (DVBE) by the California Department of General Services, with the total price quote not to exceed $461,000, which represents the maximum threshold for small business set-asides under Government Code Section 14838.7. Caltrans requires a minimum of two price quotes from certified SBs, MBs, or DVBEs before award and mandates a payment bond equal to 100 percent of the total service request price if any individual service request exceeds $25,000. Required insurance includes workers' compensation with employer's liability coverage of $1,000,000, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, and motor vehicle liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit, with Caltrans named as additional insured. The estimated budget for this contract is not to exceed $461,000, with an estimated contract value range reflective of the small business set-aside cap. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation, and contractors must be capable of integrating with WeatherTRAK smart controller technology and submeter systems already specified within the project scope.