Tulare County Resource Management Agency

Tulare County Resource Management Agency, a California county government entity based in Visalia, receives federal grants as a prime recipient (26% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient (74%) from transportation and water-infrastructure grantor agencies. The entity does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; all federal engagement is grant-funded.

Tulare County Resource Management Agency's recent activity concentrates in transportation and water-infrastructure development across Tulare County, California. As a prime grant recipient, the entity has received $900,000 from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan running through February 2031; $105,600 from FHWA under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) for improvements to Avenue 56 designed to sustain resilience against future flooding with completion targeted for December 2030; $1.15 million from EPA Region 9 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to design, construct, and manage a domestic groundwater well for the Woodville Public Utility District, with performance through December 2027; $1.756 million from EPA Region 9 under the same Congressionally Mandated Projects program to implement the Front Street Well Treatment Improvements Project in Earlimart, including design and construction of two granular activated carbon contactors and supporting water-treatment infrastructure running through February 2028; and $1.285 million from EPA Region 9 under Congressionally Mandated Projects to construct 3,480 linear feet of 24-inch diameter sewer interceptor pipeline to replace an existing 15-inch pipeline in Earlimart, also completing by February 2028.

Customer concentration reflects near-total dependency on a single federal grantor. The Federal Highway Administration and EPA Region 9 combined account for 34 of 39 recent awards; FHWA alone represents 31 awards (79% of the total). The award distribution is heavily weighted toward sub-recipient work — California Department of Transportation serves as prime grantee on the vast majority of Tulare County's sub-awards, flowing transportation and bridge-rehabilitation funding to the county as sub-recipient across multiple projects from August 2024 through January 2025, covering bridge work on County Road D112 over Bates Slough, Road D39 over Travers Canal, Avenue 424 over Travers Creek, and the Avenue 144 and Road 96 roundabout, among others. One sub-award flowed from Patriot Restoration Ops for fuel-load off-haul from National Forest.

Activity spiked sharply in 2024 — from one award in 2023 to 26 awards in 2024 — then moderated to five awards in 2025 and three in 2026. Three awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting modest recompete exposure. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $29.5 million, concentrated in infrastructure resilience, water treatment, and transportation safety initiatives serving rural California communities in Tulare County's jurisdiction.