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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES
<br /> Board Memorandum
<br /> PUBLIC UTILITIES
<br /> BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: August 2, 2013
<br /> ITEM NO: 11
<br /> SUBJECT: ELECTRIC SCADA SYSTEM HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND NETWORK
<br /> UPGRADE PROJECT -WORK ORDER NO. 1024305
<br /> ISSUE:
<br /> The item for Board of Public Utilities consideration is approval of additional funds in the amount of
<br /> $2,258,307 for Work Order No. 1024305 for the procurement, installation, configuration, testing and
<br /> training of the Electric Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Software, Hardware
<br /> and Network Upgrade Project, Phase 2 - Implementation.
<br /> RECOMMENDATIONS:
<br /> That the Board of Public Utilities:
<br /> 1. Approve additional capital expenditure of $2,258,307 for Work Order No.1024305 for the
<br /> procurement, installation, configuration, testing and training of the Electric SCADA System
<br /> Software, Hardware, and Network Upgrade Project, Phase 2—Implementation ("Project");
<br /> 2. Approve the award of SCADA Software Upgrades contract to Open Systems International, Inc.
<br /> (OSI), the current SCADA vendor, in the amount of$785,307;
<br /> 3. Authorize the General Manager, or his designee, to amend the OSI Agreement in an amount
<br /> not-to-exceed 15% in the event that additional services beyond the scope of the Agreement are
<br /> needed; and
<br /> 4. Authorize the procurement of Hewlett Packard (HP) servers and workstations and Dell laptops
<br /> for the Project in an amount not-to-exceed $388,000.
<br /> BACKGROUND:
<br /> Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are the primary tools to operate, control and
<br /> obtain data for electric utilities. Riverside Public Utilities' (RPU) SCADA system collects data from
<br /> various sensors at substations and other control points throughout RPU's grid and sends these data to
<br /> computer servers which then manages and controls the data. The SCADA system is operated and
<br /> controlled from the Utilities Operations Center(UOC) Dispatch.
<br /> The Board of Public Utilities approved Work Order No. 1024305 on July 1, 2011 for the capital
<br /> expenditure of $230,000 for the Planning, Engineering, Consulting Services, Training and Travel of the
<br /> SCADA System Upgrade Project, Phase 1 — Planning. On September 21, 2012, the Board approved
<br /> additional capital expenditure of $250,000 for KEMA, Inc. for additional consulting services. The
<br /> approved cost for the first phase of the SCADA Upgrade project encompassing Planning, Engineering,
<br /> Training, Travel and Consulting Services are broken down as follows:
<br /> A roved: Phase 1 — Planning & Engineering
<br /> Descriptions Cost
<br /> 1 KEMA, Inc. consulting services $ 160,050
<br /> 2 Planning and Engineering $ 54,950
<br /> 3 Training and Travel $ 15,000
<br /> (July 1, 2011 Sub-Total: $ 230,000
<br /> 4 1 KEMA, Inc. additional consulting services $ 250,000
<br /> (September 21, 2012) Accumulative Total: $ 480,000
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