Item 30 - Agreement for Automated Metering Infrastructure Implementation Support Services

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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 343,000 residents. It is the 64th most -populous city in the United States. 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 more than 20 million residents in 2023. A. NATURE OF WORK: The City of Santa Ana is seeking qualified firms to provide implementation support services for the City's Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, including, but not limited to, project management, software integration, data management, and performance analysis. The City of Santa Ana is seeking proposals from qualified firms with experience in performing these tasks for municipal utilities. The City intends to enter into agreements with a single firm to provide the described services. 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. C. PROPOSAL EVALUATION AND RATING: The criteria for evaluating the proposals submitted will take the following items into consideration: • Firm/Team Experience 25% • Understanding Scope of Services 30% • Relevant Project Experience 25% • Fee 10% • References 10% The City has established a proposal review committee to evaluate proposers based on the response to the RFP, which includes adherence to outlined directions and format, and the City evaluation criteria set forth above. A final score will be calculated for each submitted proposal and used to rank the proposers.