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4. Financial Analysis; <br />The Consultant shall include an estimate of operations, maintenance and capital funds that will be needed <br />to implement this project. A full economic analysis will be completed including, at a minimum, a full <br />cost /benefit analysis, revenue recovery and payback, return on investment and net present 'value. Benefits <br />should include, but not limited to, labor savings, reduced injuries, customer service; reporting, etc. The <br />analysis shall include operational costs, managerial costs as well as capital and maintenance expenses.. <br />5. Engineer's Estimate: <br />The Consultant shall submit an Engineer's Estimate for each type of AM[ system determined to be an option <br />for the City. These estimates should be complete, including costs for all needed equipment, support <br />structures, hardware, software and labor, etc, <br />6. Rationale and Context: <br />In order to understand if and how AMI may be relevant to the City, the study shall establish a baseline to <br />address the following themes: <br />a, The need to ensure security of water supply; <br />b. The requirement to ensure water is allocated and used efficiently; and <br />c. Evolving regulatory and institutional regulations; and <br />d. Any other themes the Consultant determines to be relevant and significant. <br />The Consultant shall use relevant market information, recent and long term rainfall trends, current political <br />developments locally and regionally and other factors that the Consultant finds applicable. The final report <br />Implementation Options <br />The Consultant shall determine a number of options available for implementation of AMI throughout the <br />City. The options shall include basic descriptions of how AMI would be deployed within the City of Santa <br />Ana water network and be used to help create an AMI implementation plan in the future. The options shall <br />also identify any grant, rebate or other alternative funding sources for implementation of an AMI system that <br />the City would be eligible to apply for and obtain. The implementation options shall also address project <br />planning, budgeting and RFP development for acquisition of an AMI system and be specific for the City's <br />needs. The project planning portion of this task shall also determine whether City forces or a contracted <br />vendor would provide the best value towards the project meter replacements and installations. A schedule <br />for implementation of the project shall be developed based upon maximizing the value of the determined <br />rate of return. <br />8. Recommendations and Conclusions <br />The Consultant shall summarize all conclusions and recommendations found during the study period. <br />Recommendations shell include the optimal AMI system to implement along with the type and brand of <br />water meter to compliment the recommended system, a baseline implementation plan based upon the <br />options identified in task 7, a summary of the financial analysis as well as an estimated phasing schedule <br />for construction. <br />RFP #15 -008 — <br />