Scope of Services to be Provided. The proposer shall develop, plan and execute a program to locate, inspect, assess, operate, record water flowed, mark, grease, create a deliverable database in a format suitable and compatible with the City’s current GIS/Database system platform, and create work orders for fire hydrants in a GIS based data collection/asset management program. This program will address all fire hydrants throughout the City’s water distribution system. Engineering Assessment of fire-flow and water main capacities with recommendations for further study in target areas, based on hydraulic performance. Perform an analysis of the condition and criticality of each fire hydrant. This will be done based on the size of the water mains that feed the fire hydrant; proximity of critical services; location of the fire hydrant in relation to roads or other structures; location of the fire hydrant in relation to water production plants, pump stations and/or water towers/storage tanks, and actual operability of the fire hydrant. Inspection of all fire hydrants for appearance, accessibility, leakage and functionality in accordance with the AWWA M-17 manual, NFPA 291 and ISO requirements. Please see Appendix A for specific requirements regarding the Fire Hydrant inspection, GIS/GPS, and documentation. Operation of each of the located fire hydrants to such an extent as to insure its ability to operate and fully “flow” upon demand per Appendix A. Adherence to the AWWA M-17 manual, NFPA 291 and ISO requirements is required. Compilation of the fire hydrant information collected by means of a fire hydrant online/web, GIS based database with hard copy reproduction capabilities. The database shall be compatible with the majority of GIS systems that support Open Database Connectivity (Appendix A). Locations of all fire hydrants in such a manner that will allow their positions to be known and readily recreatable by Utility personnel upon demand.
