Rainbow MWD increases threshold for formal bid process requirement

Joe Naiman

Village News Reporter

Rainbow Municipal Water District has increased the threshold for which a formal bid process would be required for Rainbow contracts.

Rainbow’s board voted 5-0 Dec. 5 to amend the district’s Administrative Code to increase the threshold from $35,000 to $200,000. Rainbow staff will still be required to obtain three quotes for any project exceeding $5,000, and projects under $60,000 may be performed by the agency’s own workforce if that is deemed preferable to issuing a contract.

“We haven’t adjusted our bidding process procedures for six or seven years,” said Rai...