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CONSENT <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />Date: June 1, 2016 <br />To: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services <br />Through Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manage <br />Prepared By: Terry Southard, Operations Manager, Utility Services <br />Subject: Request for Purchase of Software Package for Water/Wastewater Facilities <br />BACKGROUND/ ANALYSIS: <br />Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) operates two water and three wastewater <br />facilities that utilize software to help operate each facility. The software acts as a Human Machine <br />Interface (HMI) to assist the operators control equipment as well as monitor chemical pumping rates and <br />storage tank levels. Additionally, we have a second software package, WIN911, that has the ability to <br />callout issues within the facility by notifying the on-call operator or mechanic of said issues. This same <br />callout system helps save operating costs by the reduction of staffing levels. <br />At present our facilities use the Wonderware software package for the HMI. Both South County and North <br />County Reverse Osmosis (RO) facilities are able to view and control each other, but the three wastewater <br />treatment facilities (WWTF) sites do not have that ability. In the FY15/16 budget, funds were approved in <br />both water and wastewater to bring the software up to the correct operating version with the ability to <br />view and control the three WWTFs and tie-in the water treatment facilities (WTF). In researching the cost <br />of upgrading the current software version and annual maintenance fees, staff also reviewed other <br />software packages. Our goal was to have one package that would cover the following items with <br />reasonable cost: <br />➢ Ability to connect all water/wastewater facilities. <br />➢ Single source software for HMI, alarm callouts and reports. <br />➢ Multiple screens per computer. <br />➢ Training package. <br />➢ Annual service/maintenance that includes phone support and software updates. <br />At present there are four major software programs that work well within a utilities facility operation: <br />➢ Wonderware <br />➢ Trihedral VTScada <br />➢ iFix <br />Rockwell Automation <br />F:\Utilities\UTILITY - EMPLOYEE FOLDERS\Terry Southard\Agendas\Agenda-SCADA Software Package 2016 Ha 060116 V2.Doc Page 1 of 2 <br />50 <br />