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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BLACK & VEATCH CORPORATION FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SERVICES - PHASE 1
Staff Contact: Craig Johnson, P.E., Director, Water Services
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation (B&V) for Asset Management System Services - Phase 1 of 3 in an amount not to exceed $485,090.
Background
The Water Services Department (WSD) operates and maintains three Water Treatment Plants with a combined production capability of 104 million gallons per day (MGD) and two Water Reclamation Facilities with a combined treatment capacity of 16 MGD, over 1700 miles of water distribution infrastructure and a nearly 700-mile wastewater collection system comprising over 300,000 individual assets in the current Hansen system. The WSD has been using the Hansen Computerized Maintenance Management System (HCMMS) since the mid-1990's as an asset management tool. However, in the current context, the HCMMS lacks an integrated Asset Management System that defines the roles, responsibilities, policies and systems necessary to ensure continuous asset reliability and economical water/wastewater systems operations and maintenance. Additionally, the HCMMS is well beyond the end-of-life date of the software and full vendor support for this version of the HCMMS ceased in 2013.
Staff seeks to retain a qualified asset vendor to assist and provide guidance with developing and implementing the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Asset Management System 55000 series of standards to improve the financial performance and reliability, reduce risk, and enhance the sustainability of the water and wastewater system; as well as identify an updated asset management software system.
In Phase 1 of this project, B&V will perform an assessment of WSD's current asset manag...
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