Council action is requested to issue a purchase order to Black & Veatch, in the amount of $51,097.00 for Consulting Services for a Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) Server Upgrade for the Water Department.

Council action to issue purchase order.

This project includes upgrading our current SCADA software along with the servers that run the software. Currently our software is 8 years old making troubleshooting more time consuming. The upgrade includes transitioning to 2019 Microsoft Server and 2021 AVEVA Wonderware provided by Logic Inc. Black and Veatch will be commissioning the upgrade along with COI Tech Services providing the virtual server platform. Once completed the Water Treatment Plant will be up to date on all SCADA software making future maintaining more efficient.

Staff’s recommendation is to issue a purchase order to Black & Veatch. Black & Veatch was selected per State Statute 8.285, et seq, which calls for seeking architectural, engineering and land surveyor services based on qualifications. The Purchasing Division issues a Request for Qualifications every three years and has established a qualified list for such services.

This project is a budgeted item in the Water Department’s FY21-22 capital budget.

Approval of this item shall authorize change orders up to a total of ten (10) percent of the original authorized amount, provided appropriations are available.

Fiscal Impact. The fiscal impact to the City is $51,097.00. Funding is included in the fiscal year 2021/22 adopted budget, Project string E (642110-N) account number E (4830-5226).