Turnout on the Friant-Kern Canal at Big Dry Creek Project

The Turnout on the Friant-Kern Canal at Big Dry Creek Project involves the construction of a water diversion facility to transport water from the Friant-Kern Canal into Big Dry Creek for groundwater recharge purposes. The project will feature a new concrete turnout structure positioned along the canal bank, connected via a 72-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipeline buried underground to a concrete outlet structure with rip rap on the south bank of Big Dry Creek. An excavated open channel, also lined with rip rap, will convey the diverted water from the outlet structure to the creek. The entire project is located approximately 400 feet west of the Friant-Kern Canal, east of the City of Clovis in Fresno County, California. The solicitation number for this opportunity is EPIMS-FRE-55366-R4, and it was posted on June 24, 2026, under NAICS code 237990 for other heavy and civil engineering construction. The procuring entity is the Fresno Irrigation District, with Laurence Kimura listed as the Chief Engineer and Jennifer Calles as the Senior Environmental Scientist for point of contact. Although the contract type is identified as a special notice, no pricing details, period of performance, delivery schedule, or contract value have been disclosed. Environmental compliance has been addressed through approval under California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Article 3, Section 6, but no federal acquisition regulation clauses, inspection protocols, evaluation criteria, or special contractual requirements are included in the available documentation.