2026 Ford Transit Cargo Van

CAWCD is soliciting competitive sealed Bids for a 2026 Ford Transit Cargo Van, with Service Body Upfit, as fully described in the specifications.

Background

The Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) is a multi-county water conservation district and political subdivision of the state of Arizona organized pursuant to A.R.S. §48-3701 et seq. for the purposes, among others, of contracting with the United States for the delivery of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water, repayment of CAP costs and operation and maintenance of the CAP aqueduct.

Project Details

• Department: Procurement-Goods & Services
• Department Head: Maria Hernandez (Maria Hernandez)

Evaluation Criteria

• Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal —

  The Central Arizona Project is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall create a FREE account with OpenGov Procurement by signing up at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Submit Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

• Summary —

  CAWCD is soliciting competitive sealed Bids for a 2026 Ford Transit Cargo Van, with Service Body Upfit, as fully described in the specifications.

• Specifications —

  Please see Section F - Technical Specifications of IFB C116936

• Background —

  The Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) is a multi-county water conservation district and political subdivision of the state of Arizona organized pursuant to A.R.S. §48-3701 et seq. for the purposes, among others, of contracting with the United States for the delivery of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water, repayment of CAP costs and operation and maintenance of the CAP aqueduct.

• Timeline —

  Release Project Date:	June 11, 2026
  Question Submission Deadline:	June 15, 2026, 3:00pm
  Submission Deadline:	June 18, 2026, 3:00pm
  Contractor Selection Date:	June 23, 2026

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through and confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements including the sections:

  1. Introduction
  2. Bid Preparation Instructions
• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here, which includes the following:

  1. Section E - Bid Form
  2. Evidence of Financial Stability
  3. ACC Certificate
  4. Resolution Document
  5. Addendum (if any) 
• Bid Submittal (Section E - Bid Form) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Section E - Bid Form here. 

• Mandatory Submittal Documents (required) —

  Confirm that your Section E - Bid Form is NOT attached here.

  The remainder of your Mandatory Submittal Documents to be attached here: 

  • Evidence of financial stability
  • Certificate of good standing from the Arizona Corporation Commission (or other appropriate government regulatory agency) in the state incorporated.
  • A resolution from an officer of the corporation indicating that the person or persons submitting the proposal are legally authorized to bind the Consultant to a contract.
  • Completed Addendums if any.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toCentral Arizona Project, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanThursday, June 18, 2026 addressed to:

  Central Arizona Project
  Kyle Talbert
  23636 N 7th St
  Phoenix,AZ85024

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("2026 Ford Transit Cargo Van"), and Contract Number ("TBD") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Central Arizona Project so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into ProcureNow from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?