State Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy Services

Santa Margarita Water District is seeking a consultant to provide California legislative, regulatory, and state-government advocacy services for a five-year term with two one-year extension options.

Santa Margarita Water District


General
Open (bidding)
2026-108
Sep 23, 2026 10:00 PM
Sep 09, 2026 10:40 PM
5 years base + 2 × 1 year options
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Original Solicitation Links
Contact
williama@smwd.com
+19494348509
26111 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
Submission Instructions
Description

Santa Margarita Water District seeks a qualified consultant to provide legislative and regulatory advocacy, representation, monitoring, policy analysis, strategy development, and related government-relations services before the California State Legislature, Governor’s Administration, state boards and commissions, and state departments and agencies. The scope includes advocacy concerning water supply and reliability, water quality, recycled water, wastewater, energy, environmental and air-quality regulation, infrastructure funding, conservation, and special-district and public-agency issues. The consultant must monitor legislation, regulations, budgets, hearings, and agency actions; prepare analyses, position letters, testimony, comment letters, briefing materials, alerts, reports, and legislative-tracking matrices; coordinate meetings and advocacy activities; identify funding opportunities; support FPPC reporting; and provide regular written and oral updates. Proposers must submit qualifications, organizational information, key-staff resumes, at least three recent references involving similar work for public water or wastewater utilities, a cost proposal, and the required disclosure, acknowledgment, tax, workers’ compensation, vendor-registration, and non-collusion materials. The contract is scheduled to begin January 1, 2027, for five years, with two optional one-year extensions.

Classification Codes
NAICS541820Public Relations Agencies
PSCR418Legal Services
Smart Codes
government relations consultinglegislative advocacy servicesregulatory affairs consulting
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Sep 09, 2026 10:40 PM-Proposal Posted Date
Sep 16, 2026 10:00 PM-Questions Due Date
Sep 18, 2026-District Responses to Questions
Sep 23, 2026 10:00 PM-Proposal Due Date
Oct 23, 2026-Evaluation Period Closes and Recommendations Made
Nov 9, 2026-Recommendation to Administration Committee
Dec 10, 2026-Recommendation to Board of Directors Meeting
Jan 1, 2027-Commence Services
Requirements
Required
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Automobile Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers' Compensation/Employer's Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) — $1,000,000.00
Required
  • Bid Bond
  • Payment Bond
  • Performance Bond
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
Documents
TitleDate Posted
RFPSep 09, 2026 03:37 PM
Exhibit B - Sample AgreementSep 09, 2026 03:37 PM
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