FROM: James D. Herberg, General Manager
Originator: Kathy Millea, Director of Engineering
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OUTFALL LOW FLOW PUMP STATION, CONTRACT NO. J-117B
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
A. Approve a Purchase Order to ConvergeOne for the purchase of IT Hardware (J-117B), Specification No. E-2021-1231BD (Base Bid), for Outfall Low Flow Pump Station, Contract No. J-117B, for a total amount of $785,482, plus applicable sales tax and freight; and
B. Approve an additional Purchase Order to ConvergeOne for the purchase of optional IT hardware items (J-117B), Specification No. E-2021-1234BD (Optional Bid), for Outfall Low Flow Pump Station, Contract No. J-117B, for a total amount not to exceed $288,328, plus applicable sales tax and freight.
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BACKGROUND
The Orange County Sanitation District (OC San) previously installed a plant-wide, three-tier hierarchical Industrial Control System (ICS) network at Plant No. 1 to move all Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) servers, and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) to this network, allowing OC San to abandon legacy networks, including Modbus Plus, and remove the HMI from the office network as recommended by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Contract No. J-117B is constructing a new plant-wide ICS network at Plant No. 2, similar to Plant No. 1, which includes the installation of single mode fiber optics and new networking hardware throughout Plant No. 2.
RELEVANT STANDARDS
* Comply with California Public Contract Code Section 20103.8: Award contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder
* Ensure that public's money is wisely spent
* 24/7/365 treatment plant reliability
PROBLEM
New equipment is required to construct the new ICS network. Similar to past construction projects, OC San purchases the network equipment for the contractor to install. This allows OC San to obtain the latest equi...
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