24-012 AMI WMRP Invitation To RFP

Description

City of Commerce, Georgia AMI Water Meter Replacement Project INVITATION TO RFP City of Commerce AMI Water Meter Replacement Project SEPARATE SEALED PROPOSAL City of Commerce, Georgia is seeking qualified and experienced Offerors to perform the work for the AMI Water Meter Replacement Project. City of Commerce is requesting individual sealed proposals be submitted to the Owner, until 3:00 p.m., local time, on July 19, 2024. COPIES OF the Contract Documents may be obtained after June 19, 2024 at the City of Commerce City Hall office located at 27 Sycamore Street, Commerce, GA 30529 (706) 335-3164. PROJECT BACKGROUND The City of Commerce is desiring to replace its aged water meters. The Utility embarked on replacing water meters in 2023 and has completed installation of approximately 500 of the 4,500 existing water meters to date. The City of Commerce is now seeking to implement a water meter replacement project Phase 1. THE PROJECT The project will consist of the replacing existing ⅝” x ¾” and 1” Water Meters with electronic registers and installation and activation of Sensus AMI transmitters for sending the water meters readings to the existing Sensus AMI Network. The offeror should include as part of this proposal furnishing the appropriate water meter and transmitter activation equipment required to install and activate the AMI transmitters and reprogram any Sensus water meters to 1 gallon. Equipment shall utilize windows, android and/or IOS devices equipped with LTE GPS and appropriate Sensus Command Link 2 device. The offeror shall include the installation and/or replacement of all water meter assembly materials i.e. meter boxes, lids, washers, backflow device and other appurtenances so as to satisfy the desired installation standard. All boxes, lids, backflows, water meters and transmitters to be furnished by Owner. AWARD METHOD The Proposal shall be evaluated as described in PROPOSAL AWARD AND CONTRACTOR SELECTION using the following criteria: • Overall Experience 25 • Approach to project 25 • Pricing 25 • Key Personnel 15 • Responsiveness to RFP 10 If a contract is awarded, it will be awarded to the most responsive and responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the RFP and will be the most advantageous to the Owner as set forth in the evaluation criteria.