City of San Antonio - File #: 13-1022

• File #: 13-1022
• Type: Purchase of Equipment
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 12/5/2013
• Posting Language: An Ordinance amending the contract with Invensys Operations Management for the Public Works San Antonio River Walk Distributed Control System increasing the cost by $71,930.00, funded with Department of Public Works FY 2014 Storm Water Operating Budget. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, Director, Finance]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/5/2013	1	City Council A Session

DEPARTMENT: Finance


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide


SUBJECT:
Amendment to the Public Works San Antonio River Walk - Storm Water Distributed Control System (DCS) ADVANTAGE Upgrade Project



SUMMARY:
An Amendment to the existing contract with Invensys Operations Management to add the River Loop Option in the amount of $71,930.00. Funding is available from the Department of Public Works FY 2014 Storm Water Operating Budget.



BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On June 20, 2013 City Council approved the Public Works San Antonio River Walk Storm Water DCS Advantage Upgrade Project with Invensys Operations Management in the amount of $808,104.00. This upgrade allowed for automation of the communication system for the San Antonio Tunnel System through City Ordinance 2013-06-20-0426.

Approval of this amendment for the River Loop Option will replace the existing hardware located at the Library Gate 4 location. Also, this upgrade will replace existing cabling with a fiber optic communication link between the Library Gate 4 location and the San Antonio River Marina facility. In addition, various level measurement instrumentation will be verified, tested and re-calibrated.

The existing Automated Flood Monitoring Control System was installed in 1998 when the Flood Control Tunnels (both the San Antonio River and the San Pedro Creek Tunnels) were built by the San Antonio River Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and turned over to the City of San Antonio. The Automated Flood Gate Control System has become obsolete and is no longer supported by Invensys Operations Management, the original vendor, due to the age of the system. A Request for Offer (RFO) for the system upgrade was solicited from Invensys Operations Management to upgrade and provide maintenance to the existing communications system at the San Antonio Tunnel System, San Pedro Tunnel System, Olmos Dam and the Marina facility.



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