South Carolina Business Opportunities #63292

SCADA Platform Upgrade, Radio Telemetry Installation, and Radio Survey for City of Westminster Water System

The City of Westminster, South Carolina, is seeking proposals from qualified System Integrators for a comprehensive modernization of its water system's SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) platform and remote telemetry.
- Government Buyer:
- City of Westminster Utilities Department, led by Utilities Director Scott Parris
- OEMs and Vendors Mentioned:
- VTScada (basis-of-design for SCADA software)
- GE MDS (MDS Orbit radios for telemetry)
- Fortinet (FortiGate firewall/VPN)
- Products/Services Requested:
- VTScada SCADA software license (minimum 5,000 tags, current LTS release, with historians, alarms, trends, unlimited remote thin clients)
- Redundant dual servers/workstations (Intel i7/i9 or AMD equivalent, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Pro)
- Operator workstations (business-class, preloaded)
- FortiGate 60F firewall/VPN for secure remote access
- GE MDS Orbit radios (unlicensed 900 MHz FHSS and licensed VHF/UHF options)
- Directional Yagi and omni antennas, lightning/surge protection, grounding/bonding materials, outdoor NEMA 4X enclosures, power supplies and protection
- Services Requested:
- SCADA platform upgrade and migration (including migration of Lookout & Siemens applications, commissioning, training, and as-built documentation)
- Radio telemetry installation at remote sites (including programming, failover testing, and documentation)
- Systemwide radio survey (path profiles, RSSI predictions, RF survey report)
- Notable Requirements:
- VTScada is specified as the basis-of-design for the SCADA platform
- GE MDS Orbit radios are specified for telemetry
- Secure remote access via FortiGate firewall/VPN
- Mandatory radio survey and FCC licensing if required
- Lump sum contract by part, with itemized pricing required
- Substantial completion within 150 days, final completion within 180 days after notice to proceed

Description

The City of Westminster is soliciting proposals from qualified System Integrators for a combined project involving a SCADA platform upgrade/migration, installation of radio telemetry at designated sites, and a radio survey. The project aims to modernize the SCADA platform and implement or refresh radio telemetry linking remote sites to the Water Treatment Plant. Pricing must be submitted for the combined package and itemized by each part. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held to allow prospective bidders to meet city staff and visit some or all sites.

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