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<br /> RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> Board Memorandum <br /> <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: MAY 9, 2022 <br /> <br /> <br />SUBJECT: MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH TANTALUS SYSTEMS, <br />INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, FOR THE ELECTRIC ADVANCED <br />METERING INFRASTRUCTURE HEAD-END SYSTEM, WITH ANNUAL <br />AUTOMATIC RENEWALS, COST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021/22 IS $135,046 <br />ISSUE: <br />Consider approving the Maintenance and Support Agreement with Tantalus Systems, Inc., a <br />Delaware Corporation, for the Electric Advanced Meter Infrastructure Head-End System with <br />annual automatic renewal fees, initial cost for fiscal year 2021/22 is $135,046. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />That the Board of Public Utilities: <br />1. Approve the Maintenance and Support Agreement with Tantalus Systems, Inc., a Delaware <br />Corporation, for the continued use of the Electric Advanced Meter Infrastructure Head-End <br />System with annual automatic renewals, initial cost for fiscal year 2021/22 is $135,046; <br />and <br /> <br />2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement, including making <br />minor non-substantive changes, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to <br />complete the transactions. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On January 28, 2019, the Board of Public Utilities approved the Electric Advanced Metering <br />Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS), which included a <br />Professional Services Agreement with Tantalus Systems, Inc. for a cloud-based Electric AMI <br />Head-End System, with initial maintenance and support fees included through December 31, <br />2021. Tantalus was selected through Request for Proposal No. 1837, consistent with the City <br />Purchasing Resolution No. 23812. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />AMI is an integrated system of advanced electric meters, communications networks, and data <br />management systems that enables automation and two-way communication between the utility <br /> <br />