TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute amendments to Contract No. 33657 with Sensus USA, Inc., of Raleigh, NC, and Contract Nos. 33557, 33558, and 33559 with Harris Utilities, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to increase the combined contract amount by a one-time amount of $9,636,816, to support the Long Beach Water Department (Water) in implementing and joining the Energy Resources Department (ER) as co-owner of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure system, and allow for an additional $561,000 annually, with a 3 percent annual escalator, for the ongoing support, maintenance, and operation costs of the program for both ER and Water;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute amendments to Contract No. 34740 with Utility Solutions Partners, LLC, of Rancho Cordova, CA, to increase the contract by a one-time amount of $300,000; and
Increase appropriations in the General Services Fund (IS 385) in the Technology and Innovation Department (TI) by $300,000, for integration services for the Water transition, and the purchase and installation of hardware and software to support the project, offset by revenue from the Water Department (WA). (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In June 2014, the City Council awarded contracts to Sensus USA, Inc. (Sensus), and Harris Utilities (Harris) in support of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system for the Energy Resources Department’s (ER) 154,000 gas meters. The gas-only AMI implementation was completed in August 2017, with ongoing maintenance and operations costs paid by ER. Long Beach Water Department (Water) received approval from the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Long Beach on July 26, 2018, for an AMI Program for its 90,000 water meters system utilizing the existing Sensus and Harris AMI network components. ER and Water propose to maximize efficiency through co-ownership of a shared AMI infrastructure utilizing the existing Sensus and Harris contracts currently operated solely by ...
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