Mississippi Procurement Portal #3160008398

Circuit Rider technical, managerial, and financial assistance for small public water systems

The Mississippi State Department of Health is seeking one contractor to strengthen the capacity of small public water systems statewide. - Government buyer: Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH); no sub-agency or office is specified. - Services requested: Circuit Rider technical, managerial, and financial assistance for public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. - Estimated annual workload: assistance to 25 small systems, 100 training or mentoring engagements, and 12 technical-assistance engagements. - Work may include on-site troubleshooting, sampling and reporting guidance, asset-management documentation, and operator and manager mentoring. Additional needs may include lead-service-line inventories, source-water protection, and emerging-contaminant sampling. - Circuit Riders train and guide system staff; they do not perform routine system operations. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or contractor vendors are named. MSDH is the government buyer. - Products and part numbers: No products, product quantities, or part numbers are specified. - Performance term: Anticipated four-year base period, with possible one-year renewals at MSDH’s discretion; the total term may not exceed five years.

Description

The Mississippi State Department of Health seeks sealed bids for a Circuit Rider Set-Aside Technical Assistant/Consultant. The contractor will provide practical, on-site technical, managerial, and financial capacity support to public water systems. Bids must be submitted electronically through the MSDH OpenGov Procurement portal by December 14, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. CST. The stated anticipated period of performance is January 6, 2027, through January 5, 2031.

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