Report Prepared by: Johnnie Baptista, Public Works Manager - Water
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SUBJECT: Consulting Agreement with ControlPoint Engineering, Inc., for Electrical Engineering Services
REPORT IN BRIEF
Considers approving a three-year consulting agreement for specialized electrical engineering services for design, development, maintenance and related tasks related to the City's SCADA system.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving the Consulting and Professional Services Contract with ControlPoint Engineering, Inc., for a three-year term, and authorizing the City Manager or Assistant City Manager to execute the necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve as recommend by Staff; or,
2. Approve, subject to modifications as conditioned by Council; or,
3. Deny; or,
4. Refer back to Staff for reconsideration of specific items as requested by Council; or,
5. Continue item to a Council future meeting.
AUTHORITY
City of Merced Charter, Section 200 - Powers.
Merced Municipal Code (MMC) Section 3.04.110 - Purchasing System-Exceptions to Sections 3.04.090, 3.04.120, and 3.04.130.
COUNCIL PRIORITIES
As provided for in the FY 2017/2018 budget.
DISCUSSION
The City of Merced currently utilizes a Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at Municipal Water Well Sites. This system requires a specialized electrical engineering firm to provide maintenance / troubleshooting, as well as programming and design for integration of new or upgraded well sites.
In order to expeditiously address issues that arise with the SCADA system in the field, an on-call consultant is needed. In addition, to address programming standards of new or upgrade well sites, having a single firm design future integrations allows for uniformity within the system.
The City of Merced issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to provide specialized electrical engineering services as mentioned above. Two (2) responses to the RFQ were received:
1. Borrelli and Associates...
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