Uniform Rental Services

Mission Springs Water District (MSWD) is currently seeking bids to provide uniform services in compliance with the specifications and schedule described in the bid documents.

Background

The Mission Springs Water District (District or MSWD) is a County Water District established in 1953 and was formerly known as Desert Hot Springs County Water District. The District’s water and sewer service area consists of 135 square miles including the City of Desert Hot Springs, 10 smaller communities in Riverside County, and communities in the City of Palm Springs. The District’s water supply source is 100 percent groundwater produced from District-owned and operated wells. The District provides water service to approximately 37,600 people in their water service area. The District also provides sewer service to approximately 26,000 people in Desert Hot Springs, Desert Crest Country Club and Dillon Mobile Home Park.

MSWD offices are located in Desert Hot Springs, California. MSWD water supply and distribution system includes three separate and distinct water supply and distribution systems with the largest of the three systems serving the community of Desert Hot Springs; the surrounding communities of West Garnet (located south of Interstate 10 (I-10) and West of Indian Avenue); and North Palm Springs. The two smaller systems, Palm Springs Crest System and West Palm Springs Village System, are located approximately five miles west of Desert Hot Springs. These two communities are located on the north side of I-10 abutting the Morongo Indian Reservation.

The existing Desert Hot Springs and surrounding area water distribution system serves up to 24 different pressure service zones through either a primary pressure zone or a reduced pressure service zone. The MSWD system, inclusive of all three distribution systems, has approximately 1.26 million linear feet of pipeline. District facilities within each pressure zone include supply, storage, booster station, and distribution system components.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 2026-01-CM
• Department: Operations
• Department Head: Danny Friend (Director of Operations)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-03-20T21:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Important Instructions for Electronic Submittals —

  The Mission Springs Water District 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 "Draft Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

• Summary —

  Mission Springs Water District (MSWD) is currently seeking bids to provide uniform services in compliance with the specifications and schedule described in the bid documents.

• Scope of Work or Project Details —

  Please see the Attachments section for specifications and attachments.

• Timeline —

  Release Project Date:	March 9, 2026
  Question Submission Deadline:	March 20, 2026, 2:00pm
  Question Response Deadline:	March 26, 2026
  Response Submission Deadline:	April 6, 2026, 2:00pm

• Project Contact —

  Amanda Lucas

  Contracts Analyst

  66575 Second Street

  Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

  Email: alucas@mswd.org

  Phone: (760) 668-7243

• Procurement Contact —

  Amanda Lucas

  Contracts Analyst

  66575 Second Street

  Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

  Email: alucas@mswd.org

  Phone: (760) 668-7243

Submission Requirements

• Exhibit A - Price Sheet (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• I certify that I have read, understood and agree to the terms in this solicitation, and that I am authorized to submit this response on behalf of my company. (required)
• Conflict of Interest - Statement (required) —

  Provide a statement disclosing any past, ongoing or potential conflicts of interest that your firm, proposed staff, or any subcontractors may have as a result of performing this work.

  If there is no conflict of interest, then provide such a statement in this section.

  If there is a real or perceived conflict of interest that exists with the submission of a bid or would exist if the Respondent entered into an Agreement with the District in this proposal, full details should be provided in this section. Detail a plan to manage the conflict of interest.

• Upload your Contractor's State License (required) —

  The prime contractor for this project must possess a current and valid California Contractor's License for one of the following:

  • Class A General Contractor
  • Class C-34 Pipeline Contractor 
• Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Registration Number (required) —

  Enter your DIR Registration Number.

• General Services Agreement (required) —

  Please download the General Services Agreement from the RFP and review. If you agree with its content, checkmark "Yes." If submitting proposed revisions, checkmark "No". 

• Redlined Agreement (required) —

  Please upload a complete redlined agreement for consideration. Submission of this request does not guarantee acceptance. 

• Exhibit C (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Exhibit D - Contractor's Qualifications Statement (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Bidders Statement of Experience and References (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Subcontractors List (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Manufacturers List (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Public Works Contractor Registration Certification (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Refer to PD Section 1.4 – Bid Bond.

  Upload a copy of your Bid Bond here.

• W-9 (required) —

  Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.

• Insurance Requirements (required) —

  Confirm that your company can meet all the insurance requirements outlined below:

  Contractor shall furnish the District with certificates and amendatory endorsements. All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the District before work commences. The District reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including policy declaration pages and endorsement pages. Contractor shall provide new certificates of insurance prior to the expiration of any existing certificate of insurance.

  A Certificate of Insurance will be furnished by the successful Contractor upon Notice of Award. The certificate(s) shall be completed by the Contractor’s authorized agent and submitted to the District. The successful Contractor shall not commence any work in connection with the Agreement until it has obtained all the following types of insurance and shall maintain such insurance for the duration of the Agreement. The Contractor shall secure the minimum insurance coverage described in the Agreement for Professional Services by Independent Contractor, and such insurance shall be primary with respect to any insurance or self- insurance programs maintained by the District.

  Contractor shall require and verify that all subconsultants maintain insurance meeting all requirements stated herein and provide proof of such insurance to the District, if requested. The Contractor shall ensure that the District its directors, officers, employees, contractors, subcontractor and authorized volunteers are an additional insured on Commercial General Liability coverage.

  Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best's rating of no less than A: VII.

  Commercial General Liability (CGL):

   Insurance Services Office (ISO) Commercial General Liability Coverage (Occurrence Form CG 00 01) including products and completed operations, property damage, bodily injury, personal and advertising injury with limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000) per occurrence or the full per occurrence limits of the policies available, whichever is greater. If a general aggregate limit applies, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location (coverage as broad as the ISO CG 25 03, or ISO CG 25 04 endorsement provided to DISTRICT), or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit. 

  Automobile Liability:

  Insurance Services Office (ISO) Business Auto Coverage (Form CA 00 01), covering Symbol 1 (any auto) or if consultant has no owned autos, Symbol 8 (hired) and 9 (non-owned) with limit of one million dollars ($1,000,000) for bodily injury and property damage each accident. 

  Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability: 

  Workers’ compensation (statutory limits) and employer’s liability ($1,000,000) per accident for bodily injury or disease. Contractor is aware of the provisions of Section 3700 of the California Labor Code which requires every employer to be insured against liability for workers’ compensation or to undertake self-insurance in accordance with the provisions of that code, and consultant will comply with such provisions before commencing the performance of the professional services under this agreement. As required by the State of California, with Statutory Limits and Employer’s Liability Insurance of no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury or disease. 

  Waiver of Subrogation: The insurer(s) shall agree to waive all rights of subrogation against the DISTRICT, its elected or appointed officers, officials, agents, authorized volunteers, and employees for losses paid under the terms of the policy which arise from work performed by the named insured for the DISTRICT; but this provision applies regardless of whether or not the DISTRICT has received a waiver of subrogation from the insurer. Sole proprietors with no employees, LLCs, or partnerships who do not carry workers’ compensation acknowledge that they are not subject to the Workers’ Compensation Act of the State of California and agree to complete a signed workers compensation exemption form.

• Please provide any requested modifications to insurance requirements. (required) —

  Submission of this request does not guarantee acceptance.

• Pricing (required) —
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  • Choose Option 2 when you need vendors to provide you with the line items. 
• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

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