The vendor is required to provide Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals required to install all new ultrasonic meters and the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, as shown on the drawings and specified herein.
- Furnish cold water meters of various size (5/8-inch to 2-inch) and complimentary absolute encoder registers and radio frequency modules for the future replacement of existing water meters in the town of distribution system (installation of meters and encoders to be performed under separate contract).
- The town’s existing meter reading system is drive-by by handheld that was installed in 2000.
- The town’s existing meters are Neptune t-10 e-coder.
- The proposers should assume that all meters 2-inch and smaller will be replaced.
- The town estimates that fewer than 100 of these service connections are pit-style. approximately 90% of the current meter interface units are exterior installations.
- Perform a propagation study to identify required number and location of data collection units, transmitters, and other hardware required for a fully functional, operational advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) system.
- The town of infrastructure that can be used for the siting of data collection units and transmitters include the following:
• Howland avenue north tank
• Howland avenue south tank
- Other town-owned structures, including public schools and other public buildings, may be available for the siting of AMI infrastructure if required.
- The town will assist the selected respondent in identifying additional locations for AMI infrastructure in the event there are gaps in coverage based on the facilities listed above.
- Furnish and install necessary components for a complete and operational cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) meter reading and data management system that operates both as a radio frequency automatic meter reading (AMR) system and as an AMI system.
- This includes fixed network base station and collectors (for fixed networks), and all software and hardware required for a fully functional AMI system.
- Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting Date: May 22, 2025
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: June 5, 2025