City Of Phoenix

City Of Phoenix Water Services Department Division, operating as Water Services Department, is a U.S. local government entity providing water and wastewater utility services to federal healthcare facilities and participating in regional water-infrastructure development grants as a prime recipient. The department is structured as a division of the City of Phoenix and competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designation.

The Water Services Department's federal footprint centers on two concurrent activity streams: direct utility service delivery to Indian Health Service and Veterans Affairs facilities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and grant-funded participation in advanced purified water (APW) infrastructure development. On the utility-services side, the department holds a $150,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Indian Health Service, awarded October 1, 2026, for water and wastewater services at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center and subordinate facilities through March 31, 2027. On the infrastructure-development side, the department received a Bureau of Reclamation project grant effective June 6, 2024 (ultimate completion December 31, 2027) to develop and pilot a regional APW solution. The grant funds implementation of APW at the Cave Creek Water Reclamation Plant, with non-potable reuse and groundwater recharge coming online in 2026 and full APW capability by 2028, followed by development of a larger regional APW facility at the jointly owned multi-cities 91st Avenue wastewater treatment plant in partnership with regional communities.

Top customer agencies by award count are the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation (7 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service (6 awards, $3.3 million combined potential value), and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 (4 awards). By potential value, the Indian Health Service dominates at $3.3 million across six awards, followed by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 at $1.2 million across two awards. The department serves nine distinct federal agencies across contracts and grants. Award activity shows sporadic volume—three awards in 2019, one each in 2020 and 2021, five in 2024, and one in 2026—with combined potential value of $5.5 million but combined obligated dollars of $70.6 million, indicating prior awards have been substantially drawn down. One award with combined potential value of $150 thousand faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.

The Water Services Department acts as prime recipient on 85% of recent awards (22 of 26) and as sub-recipient on 15% (4 of 26). Sub-recipient work includes participation in Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona loans supporting sewer-line rehabilitation and replacement, lead-service-line replacement under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and water-main replacement programs. Work is performed in Phoenix, Arizona, with primary capability concentration in water supply and irrigation systems (5 awards), sewage treatment facilities (4 awards), and testing laboratories and services (2 awards). The department operates under NAICS categories aligned with public utility management and environmental compliance, with PSC codes concentrated in utilities—water delivery and environmental systems protection.