Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Advanced Control Systems (ACS) for the upgrade and support of the Division of Power and Water - Power's SCADA system in accordance with sole source provisions of Section 329.07 of the Columbus City Code. SCADA is the main controlling and monitoring system for the Division of Power and Water's electrical distribution system. ACS supplied our SCADA distribution system over 20 years ago and over the years various remote equipment has been installed in substations which communicates with ACS master units using ACS licensed protocol. The SCADA dispatching system based on Unix workstations has become obsolete and is no longer supported making it necessary to upgrade the Indianola dispatch center with new Linux based software and hardware per ACS's specifications. No alternate product would be able to communicate with existing equipment, therefore, it would not be feasible or cost effective to solicit bids for this upgrade.
Advanced Control Systems is a majority owned business and their contract compliance number is 581224052. (Expires: 09/27/2009)
FISCAL IMPACT: This expenditure was not budgeted in the 2008 Electricity Operating Fund, however, there is sufficient budget authority in Object Level One: 06 for this purchase. There were no similar expenditures in 2006 or 2007.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Advanced Control Systems for the upgrade of the Division of Power and Water's SCADA system under the provisions of Columbus City Codes for sole source procurement, and to authorize the expenditure of $45,500.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($45,500.00)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water requires an upgrade of its electrical communication system known as "SCADA" for the division's electrical distribution system; and
WHEREAS, the SCADA system is critical to the daily operations of the Division of Power and Water; and
WHEREAS, Advanced Control systems has a proprietary communication protocol system known as "SCADA" and is the sole source for said upgrade, now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Advanced Control Systems for the upgrade of the Division of Power and Water's SCADA system in accordance with the sole source provisions of Section 329.07 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 2. That for the purposes stated in Section 1 hereof, the expenditure of the sum of $45,500.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized and directed from Electricity Operating Fund, Fund No. 550, OCA 606798, Object Level One: 06, Object Level Three: 6649 to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.