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Report regarding a resolution approving two (2) one-year extensions of an existing consulting services agreement with Primex Municipal Water Control Solutions of Vacaville, California for the calibration, maintenance, and service of electrical instrumentation and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment at the Water Quality Control Plant and pumping stations in an amount not to exceed $185,000 annually for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the extensions. (Brian Schumacker, Plant Superintendent).
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving two (2) one-year extensions of an existing consulting services agreement with Primex Municipal Water Controls Solutions, Inc. of Vacaville, California for the calibration, maintenance, and service of instrumentation and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition equipment at the Water Quality Control Plant (WQCP) and pumping stations for Fiscal Years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 in an amount not to exceed $185,000 per year.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Necessary process equipment and controls at the WQCP and remotely located pumping stations depend upon sophisticated instrumentation, level, and pump controls, and other control systems to operate correctly. To keep these various control systems working correctly and in accordance with federal and state discharge requirements, they must be calibrated and maintained by skilled technicians with specialized training, equipment, and expertise.
The WQCP uses the services of a contract Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Engineer/Instrumentation Technician to provide service and repair to the WQCP's sophisticated instrumentation and control systems. The WQCP utilizes contract SCADA Engineer/Instrumentation Technicians for two reasons. First, the prohibitive cost of a full-time salary. The public sector salary schedule for a SCADA Engineer/I...
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