Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The AMI water meters requested are for RESIDENTIAL water customers only. No commercial water meters will be replaced at this time. 2. The bidder shall supply materials necessary to replace existing water meters within the SMA service territory. 3. All water meters must have full two-way communications capability all the way to AMI collection points. 4. All water meters must be capable of over the air setup commands such as reading resolution, leak detection parameters, transmit mode, reading interval, and update firmware. Must be time synchronized with the collector to allow true top of the hour reads. 5. Must have transmitter power output of at least 250Mw in order to maximize signal transmission range and improve overall system reliability. 6. Must be able to utilize a Primary Licensed FCC Frequency or a 902-928MHz frequency hopping spread spectrum platform to enable robust operation, high-capacity bandwidth, and interoperability with current and future applications. If licensed frequency is offered the Respondent must warranty the system from frequency license loss. 7. Must provide for leak detection on the customer side and help support leak detection capabilities on the distribution side. 8. All Respondents are required to submit the most current nationally published warranty statements for batteries, transmitters and all other associated AMI components.
