REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the Issuance of a Purchase Order for Water Meters (F18-183)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to authorize the issuance of a purchase order for water meters to National Meter & Automation, Inc. (Badger Meter) of Centennial, Colorado in the amount of $280,000. Approval is also requested to authorize the City Manager to extend the purchase order for five additional one-year periods, subject to available funding and acceptable pricing and services.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, City Council approval is required for contracts for the procurement of goods and services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Environmental Services Department regularly replaces existing meters and installs meters in new developments. Water meters are received, inventoried, and stocked at Central Stores and issued to Water Division employees on an as-needed basis. Most meters deployed throughout the City are equipped with an Electronic Radio Transmitter (ERT), a radio-based endpoint manufactured by Itron, Inc that transmits data from meters to a handheld receiver or a receiver in a utility vehicle.
The City has contracted with Badger Meter since 2010 as the result of a competitive bid process (RTC No. 10-284). The Badger Meter contract was extended in 2013 in order to conduct a residential pilot program using automated meter reading and monitoring through cellular technology intended to create meter reading efficiencies and give customers real time access to their water use data (RTC No. 13-25...
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