WR Extreme Climate Telemetry Program Chowchilla Water District and the Lower San Joaquin Levee District Continuous Global Navigation Satellite System

The California Department of Water Resources is advancing a project to install two continuously operating Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations in Madera County, specifically near Mendota and Dairyland, to monitor vertical land movement and subsidence as part of groundwater sustainability efforts under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. These stations will provide high-precision, real-time three-dimensional positional data critical for assessing basin-wide groundwater conditions and supporting regulatory compliance. The project has been classified under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Categorical Exemption Class 6, indicating it involves environmental data collection with no significant impact and thus avoids extensive environmental review. The notice of exemption was filed on December 16, 2025, and the solicitation was posted on the same date, though the procurement remains in forecast status with no contract number, pricing, or awarded value disclosed. The place of performance is clearly identified as Mendota, California, with secondary activity in Dairyland, and the California Department of Water Resources is responsible for oversight, inspection, and acceptance with no indication of contractor involvement or subcontracting. Tad Bedegrew, Senior Engineering Geologist, serves as the primary point of contact but is not officially designated as a Contracting Officer’s Representative, Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative, or Procurement Contracting Officer, and no formal contract administration details—such as payment methods, accounting codes, invoicing systems, or COR/COTR assignments—are provided in the available documentation. There are no specified performance periods, delivery schedules, FOB terms, evaluation criteria, or clause requirements consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation standards, and the project does not include socioeconomic, size status, or federal representation requirements typically found in federal solicitations. The documentation reflects an environmental compliance and data collection initiative rather than a fully structured procurement with defined contractual terms.