CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Change Order #3 to Contract 19-214, Water Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project, to Core & Main LP for an additional 185 days (Item 1 of 2)
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DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities
SUBMITTED BY: Darrell Blenniss, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Core & Main, an authorized distributor of Sensus USA, Inc, provides for the integration of the Sensus software with the City's various IT systems and provides for the purchase and installation of approximately 43,500 meter interface units (MIUs) which allow for the transmission of water usage data to three elevated base stations, or data collection units (DCUs). The base stations pass the data to an interface, which gathers and processes network data that is sent to the City's existing data management software used by the Electric Utility.
On September 1, 2020, City Council awarded Contract 19-214 to Core & Main LP to install AMI hardware, including MIUs and DCUs, AMI head-end, and integration of the City's meter data management system (MDMS) and associated software for a complete system.
The City Manager approved Change Order #1 adding $13,500 to the contract on March 8, 2021. The funds are for the customization of the regional network interface (RNI) billing interface with SunGard. Council approved Change Order #2 on December 21, 2021, extending the contract for 180 days with the term ending June 29, 2022.
DISCUSSION:
Installation of the meter interface was completed throughout 2021, but the second phase of software integrations into the City software systems is still ongoing. The current software integration in place is strictly between the Sensus RNI and the City's billing software. The integration allows wireless meter reads to be captured in the billing system so staff can generate monthly customer bills. The integration only provides reads when requested from the RNI. No other information or in-depth analysis is readi...
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