HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Engineering Services Agreement for Water Plant SCADA System RESOLUTION NO.03-032
RESOLUTION APPROVING ENGINEERING SERVICES AGREEMENT
FOR WATER PLANT SCADA SYSTEM
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,data and information systems in the Water Plant currently consist of multiple,stand-alone components,
many of which are 30 to 40 years old;and,
WHEREAS,spare parts are becoming increasingly more difficult to obtain,and the available space in the Water Plant
to continue to install similar controls in the future is extremely limited;and,
WHEREAS,for the last 10 years,all new construction projects have included provisions for connecting information
and control functions into a centralized control system,and in 1999,a drastic increase in the monthly lease rates for dedicated
telephone lines accelerated a transition to radio control for a number of remote sites;and,
WHEREAS,these existing systems were all designed to be incorporated into a new Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition(SCADA)system,and a project to develop and install the system is now ready to begin;and,
WHEREAS,an eight-member team has been assembled to work on this project from conceptual design through the
end of construction;and,
WHEREAS, the team includes members from the Water Plant operations and maintenance staff, engineers, and
departmental supervisors;and,
WHEREAS,the first act of this team was to prepare a Request for Qualifications(RFQ)to select a consultant to
assist in the conceptual design of the new system,and the RFQ was sent to 12 firms from around the Midwest with established
reputations in the design of SCADA systems;and,
WHEREAS,the SCADA team reviewed the submissions of the eight firms that responded and selected four firms
to participate in an interview process;and,
WHEREAS,based on those interviews,the team has selected Kaeding&Associates of Minneapolis,Minnesota,
as the desired firm;and,
WHEREAS, the proposal, which covers the conceptual design phase only, is on an hourly basis, not to exceed
$23,800,plus out-of-pocket expenses estimated at$2,700.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,the contract with Kaeding
&Associates of Minneapolis,Minnesota,to complete the conceptual design of a Water Plant Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition System is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 28t"day of January,2003.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodhue
Seconded by: Wirth
Voting aye: Cross,Goodhue,Hoffman,Mahayni,Vegge,Wirth
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28th of January,2003.