Request for Proposals for Agricultural Leases in the Natomas Basin
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- RFP 2026-002
- State
- California
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdictions
- NIGP codes
- 019 Agricultural Crops And Grains, Including Fruits, Melons, Nuts, And Vegetables
- 54090 Stakes: Engineers', Agricultural, Etc.
- 91809 Agricultural Consulting
- 92504 Agricultural Engineering
- 92904 Agricultural Implements, Parts And Accessories Maintenance And Repair
- 95802 Agricultural Management Services (Not Otherwise Classified)
- 96103 Agricultural Services (Including Production, Cotton Ginning, Planting, Harvesting, Marketing, Seed Extraction, Processing, Etc.)
- 971 Real Property Rental Or Lease
- 97135 Land, Rental Or Lease
- 975 Rental Or Lease Services Of Agricultural, Aircraft, Airport, Automotive, Marine, And Heavy Equipment
- UNSPSC codes
- 93141905 Agricultural research services
- 70141800 Crop planting and cultivation
- 70142000 Post harvesting crop processing
- 70141900 Crop harvesting
- 70141904 Seed harvesting services
- 81101532 Agricultural engineering
- 93141904 Agricultural or rural cooperatives services
- 70141500 Crop production
- 70142005 Cash grain crops market preparation services
- 93131606 International fund for agricultural development services
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- 93141908 Agrarian reform or land settlement services
- 93141903 Agricultural institutions organization or management services
- 93141900 Rural development
- 70142001 Silos related services
- 70142011 Cooling or refrigeration services
- 70141801 Orchard tree or vine planting services
- 70142008 Tree nut crops market preparation services
- 70142004 Field crops market preparation services
- 93141906 Farmers or peasants organizations services
- 93141907 Womens services in agricultural production or rural development
- 81171801 Agricultural science consultation service
- 21101523 Automated management system for agricultural machinery
- 93141909 Land administration services
- 70141802 Sprout or twig services
- 70141803 Crop cultivating services
- 70141804 Crop planting services
- 70141901 Cash grains harvesting services
- 70141902 Fruit or tree nuts harvesting services
- 70141903 Field crop harvesting services
- 70142002 Grain dryers services
- 70142003 Crop processing services
- 70142006 Vegetable crops market preparation services
- 70142007 Fruit crops market preparation services
- 70142009 Ginning services
- 70142010 Crop cleaning services
- 93141910 Island development services
- 80131503 Land leases
- Point of contact
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- Jennifer Heredia herediaj@saccounty.gov (916) 874-8704
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) is soliciting proposals to lease approximately 460 acres across seven agricultural properties in the Natomas Basin (northwestern Sacramento County and southeastern Sutter County) under RFP 2026-002, with proposals due September 18, 2026 and an optional pre-proposal site visit on August 26. Applicants may propose to lease any combination of properties, from a single parcel to all seven, with selection made on a property-by-property basis regardless of the applicant's proposed grouping.
Eligible applicants must demonstrate two years of agricultural production experience, possess or be able to source necessary equipment, secure pesticide applicator services, and meet insurance requirements including Commercial General Liability of $2 million per occurrence, Commercial Automobile Liability of $1 million combined single limit, and Environmental Insurance of $1 million per claim. These lands serve critical habitat functions for Swainson's hawk and species listed under federal and state Endangered Species Acts; SAFCA retains O&M obligations tied to statutory regulatory permits.
The seven properties range from 26 to 202 acres: Alleghany Tract (32 acres), Novak (50 acres), Hewitt (26 acres), Pappa Rosa (44 acres), South Sutter (62 acres), Brookfield 1 (202 acres), and Brookfield 3 (49 acres). Allowable crops are restricted to low-growing species such as tomatoes, beans, beets, and alfalfa on most properties; some allow rice or unrestricted crops. Lease rates are property and crop-dependent, ranging from $100 per planted acre to 15 percent of gross crop proceeds or the greater of a fixed rate or percentage. The lessee bears all operational costs including water, utilities, irrigation maintenance, weed control, fence and gate repair, farm road maintenance, and fire break establishment. Leases become effective January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031, subject to renewal or termination for non-performance.
Proposals are evaluated on past experience with conservation-oriented agricultural practices (30 percent), references and ability to meet contract terms (30 percent), and feasibility of the agricultural proposal (40 percent). Questions are due September 4, 2026; anticipated SAFCA Board authorization is October 15, 2026.
Opportunity text
The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) invites you to submit a proposal to lease agricultural lands at various locations in the Natomas Basin, in northwestern Sacramento County and southeastern Sutter County. SAFCA has assumed long term Operations and Maintenance (O & M) obligations for specific areas in these general locations, many of which include mitigation sites that were established to compensate for habitat impacts resulting from flood system infrastructure improvements. SAFCA is required to ensure that these mitigation sites continue to meet performance criteria per statutory regulatory permits. To meet these requirements, portions of these lands are kept in agricultural production specifically to provide foraging habitat for Swainson's hawk and habitat for other species listed under the federal and state Endangered Species Acts.
Proposals may be for one (1) property, all seven (7) properties, or any subset of properties that the applicant chooses. Selection of a lessee for each property will be done on a property-by-property basis. An applicant may be selected to enter a lease for all, some, or none of the properties for which they submitted a proposal, but reflecting the applicant's proposed property grouping(s).
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