Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Schneider Electric Buildings Americas for the Water Distribution SCADA System Upgrade: Control Center Improvements and Wireless Ring Telemetry Project; in an amount up to $5,236,568.50; for Division of Water Contract Number 2043.
The goal of this project is to procure the upgrade and installation of a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System for the Division of Water. The SCADA system operates the City of Columbus water distribution system that serves 274,000 customer accounts and covers a growing population of 1.2 million people. The SCADA system allows Operations Control Center (OCC) staff to remotely monitor and operate a complex system of 13 primary water pressure districts with 99 water pumps, 37 water storage tanks, 22 pressure regulating valves, and 2 control valves at nearly 90 locations throughout the distribution system.
The planning area for this project is “Citywide” since the system provides support to several central Ohio communities.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
The current SCADA system is over 17 years old and nearing the end of its useful life. The equipment is antiquated and no longer has any technical support available. Compatible replacement parts are no longer produced and have become extremely difficult to obtain. The new SCADA system will provide off-site emergency backup and will greatly reduce the risk of customers losing water service for an extended amount of time due to a SCADA system failure.
3.0 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD: The Director of Public Utilities publicly opened one bid on February 10, 2016 from Schneider Electric Buildings Americas in the amount of $5,236,568.50.
3.1 PRE-QUALIFICATION STATUS: Schneider Electric Buildings Americas and all proposed subcontractors have met ...
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