The solicitation is for a complete turnkey AMI System, including: - System must use electromagnetic meters with no moving parts that meet American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards. Mechanical meters will not be considered. - System selected shall have a 20-year operational life span with a 20-year accuracy and battery warranty with at least 10 years of replacement at no cost and an additional 10-year warranty prorated for each year thereafter. - Ability to view specific meter information including meter ID, consumption data, and latitude/longitude location data. - System software must be capable of providing individual account reports, leak detection, tamper alarms, and reverse flow alarms. - A customer portal that will allow customers to view their monthly water usage, allow for setting up alerts, compare water usage with previous months/years, and other account information via web server. - Communication Propagation Study with a “Fixed Based” Communication System for the AMI system. The City does NOT want a “cellular” system with any ongoing monthly service fee for communication or connectivity issues. - The system must be capable to operate in both AMI fixed network and AMR drive by as a backup system should the AMI infrastructure become inoperable WITHOUT physically changing out any parts of the meter or physical manipulation to the meter. - The system must be capable to integrate/read the rest of the meters that will not be replaced. - Installation of meters, endpoints, including various fittings, new meter boxes and/or lids. o Delivery of meters and endpoints must be consistent throughout the project timeline. The meter size that will be required will be 5/8x3/4” o All equipment will be delivered and installed at a minimum rate of 400 meters and endpoints per month. - Existing meters shall be photographed with its consumption displayed prior to the removal. Photographs and a spreadsheet detailing the address, consumption level, old meter number, old endpoint number shall be delivered to the Billing and Collections Division on a weekly basis throughout the installation phase. - Existing meters shall be delivered to the City of San Luis Public Works Yard after removal. A point of contact will be provided later. The City will dispose of meters at the end of the project. If the vendor choses to retain the meters, the bid shall include a specific cost adjustment accordingly.
