Terrace Water Company Water System Improvements Project

The City of Colton is undertaking a project to consolidate the existing Terrace Water Company water system with its own municipal water infrastructure, focusing on replacing and upgrading aging pipelines, valves, hydrants, and related appurtenances within public roadways across multiple streets in the city, including North Cypress Avenue, North Rancho Avenue, Kelly Lane, Grand Avenue, and others. All residential and commercial service connections from Terrace Water Company will be relocated to the new integrated system, with no expansion of overall capacity, ensuring continuity of service for existing customers. The project is classified as a replacement or reconstruction effort under CEQA Section 15302, which has been formally claimed as a categorical exemption, relieving it from further environmental review under state law, and compliance with applicable state and local water regulations is required. The work will be carried out within the City of Colton, California, specifically in the 92324 ZIP code area. The solicitation number associated with the project is 36-1217005-943, and it was posted on January 27, 2026, with a submission deadline of January 22, 2026. The City of Colton serves as the lead agency and project proponent, with Mario Suarez listed as the Planning Manager and Kevin Saleh, P.E. of MKN & Associates as the applicant’s engineering representative. The submission process requires completion of a Preliminary Exemption Assessment form, to be physically delivered to the City’s office, with no indication of electronic submission options. No contract value, payment details, invoicing procedures, accounting codes, or evaluation criteria are specified in the available documentation, and there is no indication of federal acquisition regulation clauses, contract type classification, or socioeconomic set-asides. The project is governed by local administrative procedures and CEQA compliance rather than federal procurement frameworks, with inspection and acceptance to occur on-site, though formal inspection criteria or quality standards are not detailed. No contracting officer, COR, COTR, or technical representatives are formally designated in the materials.