Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District-Kern County Water Agency Water Transfer Program.

The Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District and Kern County Water Agency have established a long-term water transfer arrangement that allows up to 66,000 acre-feet of State Water Project Table A Water to be annually transferred from Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District to Kern County Water Agency, exclusively for the benefit of the J.G. Boswell Company, which operates farms within both agencies’ service areas. The original agreement, identified as SWP #23006, was initially set to expire on December 31, 2027, but has been extended through an amendment, SWP #23006-A, to continue through December 31, 2047. The transfer is a non-permanent arrangement, meaning the water rights remain with the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District and are only temporarily allocated. Environmental compliance under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is a condition of the transfer, having been satisfied through the completion of an Initial Study and Negative Declaration, which identified no significant environmental impacts and included necessary mitigation measures. While the contract specifies the volume, duration, and beneficiaries of the water transfer, it lacks detailed financial terms, pricing structures, line-item costs, or invoice procedures, indicating it is structured as a water rights allocation rather than a traditional procurement with monetary exchanges. Administrative oversight is managed through designated personnel from both the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District and the California Department of Water Resources, with no formal designation of contracting officer representatives or procurement officers. The performance location spans Tulare and Kern Counties in California, with the Kern County Water Agency in Corcoran serving as the administrative point of contact. No standardized Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, socioeconomic certifications, unique entity identifiers, or contractual payment mechanisms are included in the documentation, reinforcing that this is a state-level water management agreement governed by CEQA and local water law rather than federal contracting standards.