Water treatment plant SCADA and instrumentation maintenance

Issued by Procurement Services. The City of Richmond’s (the “City”) Department of Public Utilities (“DPU”) operates five utilities including natural gas, water, wastewater, stormwater, and electric street lighting. DPU serves more than 500,000 residential and commercial customers in the Richmond and surrounding metropolitan region. DPU operates the Water Works in compliance with an operating permit from the Virginia Department of Health. The Water Works consists of a conventional surface Water Treatment Plant rated for 132 MGD and a Water Transmission and Distribution System serving retail customers in the City of Richmond and providing wholesale water to Henrico, Chesterfield, and Hanover Counties. Also, DPU operates the Wastewater Treatment Works in compliance with the Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit number VA0063177 and the State Water Control Board Enforcement Action Special Order by Consent issued to the City. The Treatment Works consists of a sanitary sewer and combined sewer collection system, in-line and off-line retention facilities, sanitary and combined sewage pumping stations, and a large wastewater treatment plant discharging treated effluent to the James River (45 MGD dry weather flow and 75 MGD wet weather flow) and land applying Class B biosolids through a third party vendor. The City of Richmond requires that their current Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Instrumentation and Control (I&C) SCADA and I&C systems work properly to meet regulatory requirements for the Water Treatment Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant. Therefore, the City of Richmond is accepting bids for the SCADA, Instrumentation and Control (I&C) System Maintenance and Repair Contract to be utilized for Water Works, Wastewater Treatment Works, and others as required.