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Purchase of Replacement Network Infrastructure for Utilities Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems for the Water and Energy Resources Departments (Citywide)
The City's Utilities SCADA network infrastructure supports all aspects of computer operations, management, monitoring and data collection for the City's natural gas, electric and water systems. This purchase is part of the planned lifecycle replacement for SCADA remote/field systems network infrastructure. These network products also provide security controls necessary to mitigate security risk to this critical system and provide the foundation for the planned microwave/radio data network upgrade for next year.
Information Technology and Purchasing recommend awarding the contract to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders, Tessco Technology, Inc., at $65,080.86; Siemens, at $11,499.84; and FishNet Security, at $17,785.15; for the combined total award of $94,365.85.