Item 30 - Agreement for Automated Metering Infrastructure Implementation Support Services

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Docusign Envelope ID: 8DB22FEB-26C9-4AA8-92F8-033D22A87DE7 SCOPE OF WORK INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND The City of Santa Ana is located in the County of Orange in Southern California. The City encompasses 27.2 square miles and a population over 343,000 people. The City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency -- Water Resources Division oversees and maintains the daily operations of the Water System and Sanitary Sewer System. The City of Santa Ana's water system has an average day demand of about 43 MG with approximately 45,500 metered service connections. The City is currently in the process of implementing Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for all of its metered water service connections. Communications equipment has been installed and the installation of meters is ongoing. However, the City of Santa Ana Public Works Agency desires to engage professional firms to provide additional support for the project in the areas of project management, systems integration and data analysis, and quality assurance field inspection services. The primary emphasis will be assisting City staff with testing data and system functionality to validate that the delivered systems can support the City's daily business and user requirements. Specifications for the project can be found in the agreement with the project's prime contractor here: htt s:// ublicdocs santa- ana.orgNVebLinklDocView.aspx?id=125140&searchid=ac4e8f00-1 d6c-476a-ba09- cde533ca092c&dbid=1. Existing knowledge of the Sensus Regional Network Interface (RNI), enQuesta Customer Interface System (CIS), and SmartWorks Compass Meter Data Management (MDM) system is required. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES The Consultant shall provide all labor, materials, services, and equipment necessary for the completion of the work entailed herein. All work shall be in accordance with applicable trade practices, workmanship, meet warranties and shall conform to all applicable laws, codes and regulations. Business hours are considered from 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Monday through Friday). Any time outside of business hours of operation may be considered after hours/weekends. All work will be scheduled upon confirmation of scope and cost and completed within the time agreed upon for each specific item of work. The Consultant may not begin work before receiving a written Notice to Proceed by the City's Project Manager. All services, equipment and materials provided by the Consultant must be in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and local regulations, laws, and codes. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The consultant will be expected to develop a work plan in order to provide support in the following areas: 1. Project Management. City of Santa Ana - RFP 24-085 AMI Implementation Support Services Page 13 of 32