CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of RFP 21-059, Outage Management System, to Schneider Electric for an amount not to exceed $384,645 plus 5% contingency
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The Electric Utility (Utility) is striving to improve efficiency within operations as well as with the management of power outages. The implementation of an Outage Management System (OMS) will capitalize on the investment that was made by the Utility in its Smart Grid platform by streamlining the communication between the City Call Center and the Electric Utility Control Room during outages. Customers will be able to see outage scope and status in near real-time on the City website. Dispatch of City Utility crews will be more efficient as the OMS system will automatically group outage notifications to allow them to be addressed by scope and location. Lastly, safety of crews will be improved as work will be tracked in the Utility's GIS system so zones of protection can be monitored and switching routines can be attributed to work in progress.
In March of 2021, the Utility issued RFP 21-059, Outage Management System, in order to contract with an experienced and qualified vendor to furnish, deploy and integrate an Outage Management System for the Utility and City Call Center.
DISCUSSION:
Advertisement Date:
03/17/2021
Notices Sent:
209
Opening Date:
04/22/2021
Planholders:
24
Proposals Received:
5
Proposals were received from the following vendors:
Open Systems International, Inc.
dataVoice International
Schneider Electric
Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure
A selection team comprised of staff from the Electric Utility, Finance and Information Technology departments evaluated the proposals, which were scored based upon the criteria set forth in the RFP:
1. Capability, Capacity and Qualifications of the Firm (20%)
2. Sui...
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