Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with CDM Smith, Inc., for professional engineering services for the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Upgrades Project, in an amount up to $368,667.00, Division of Water Contract No. 2043.
Work under this project includes upgrades to the SCADA system, remodeling of the Operations Control Center, and a study of the Water Quality Monitoring program. This project will consist of evaluating upgrade options, develop drawings and specifications to procure the upgrade and installation of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System. The consultant will provide radio path testing from existing radio system to the Operations Control Center. The upgrade only includes the operating system (servers) and software. RTU's and supporting workstations are not included
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: This project will determine the most economic approach to replacing the current SCADA hardware and the remodeling of the Operations Control Center. The consultant will be evaluating light pollution reduction, ventilation, reusable materials, low-emitting materials, and enhanced commissioning.
3. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. experience of team, 3. ability to perform expeditiously, 4. past performance, 5. environmentally preferable offeror, and 6. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received on September 20, 2013, from CDM Smith, Inc., Burgess & Niple, Inc., and Arcadis US, Inc.
An evaluation committee reviewed ...
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