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I. GENERAL The City of Santa Ana ("Santa Ana" or "City") is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, with over 340,000 residents. It is the 57th most -populous city in the United States. There are approximately 45,000 metered water accounts. Santa Ana is located in Southern California, adjacent to the Santa Ana River, about 10 miles away from the California coast. Founded in 1869, the City is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, the second largest metropolitan area in the United States with almost 18 million residents in 2010. One of Santa Ana's strategic plan goals (Team Santa Ana) is to be innovative and efficient in the delivery of City services. One of the identified strategies in accomplishing this goal is to promote the use of technology to improve the delivery of services and information to staff and the community. Currently, water meters are read manually and bi-monthly by city staff to determine customer water consumption for billing. Santa Ana is pursuing a project to implement Automated Meter Infrastructure (AMI) to convert existing water meters to smart meters based on new available technologies, transition from bi-monthly to monthly billing, establish timely distribution leak detection capability, and provide water consumption data to customers while maintaining optimum customer satisfaction. A. NATURE OF WORK: Santa Ana is seeking a qualified AMI Consultant to provide professional services for detailed planning and assistance in the selection and implementation of an AMI system. The selected consultant will assist the City in developing detailed strategies, design, and plans for AMI as well as support the project management and implementation including the solicitation of AMI and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) vendors for the meter replacement and the implementation and initial operation of the network and software applications. The solicitation includes the preparation of a request for proposal (RFP). From the several distinct business models available to the City in the execution of the AMI program, the "Design, Build, Run, and Transfer Model" is currently being seriously considered by the City. Under this particular model, Santa Ana anticipates that the AMI vendor will design the AMI network, install all network infrastructure and the applications, and then tum the system over to the City once the system passes an acceptance test. Under this model, all applications and network elements will ultimately revert to the City. A detailed Scope of Work is included in ATTACHMENT 1: SCOPE OF WORK in the Appendix of this RFP. B. SUBMITTAL OF PROPOSAL: Responses to this Request for Proposals (RFP) must be submitted electronically to the PlanetBids system. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that any proposals submitted have been uploaded to PlanetBids prior to this proposal due date and time. The Fee Proposal shall be submitted separately and electronically to the PlanetBids system prior to this proposal due date and time. City of Santa Ana RFP 18-064 2Ui478