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Bid Title

5654- Provide Professional Services For Aveva PI System Implementation and Integration

Issuing Agency

City of Redding

Location

California

Published Date

Oct 29, 2025

Closing Date

Dec 1, 2025

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

5654

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*Request for Proposals 5654- Aveva PI System Implementation and Integration >>

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October 29, 2025

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

TO PROVIDE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

FOR

AVEVA PI SYSTEM

IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION

TO

THE CITY OF REDDING, CALIFORNIA

(Schedule Number 5654)

In accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code of the City of Redding, sealed

proposals must be submitted to the City Clerk’s 3rd floor office of the City of Redding, located at

City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue, Redding, California 96001 prior to 3:00 p.m. PT, Monday,

December 1, 2025, for furnishing the City of Redding a proposal for AVEVA PI system

implementation and integration, per specifications and general conditions.

PROPOSALS RECEIVED AFTER THIS TIME AND DATE MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED

OR CONSIDERED.

The said proposals will be opened at 3:00 p.m. PT, on Monday, December 1, 2025, in the

designated City Hall Conference Room as posted in the main lobby of City Hall, 777 Cypress

Avenue, Redding, California.

The original (unbound, paper) proposal, three (3) complete bound copies, and a

USB/Flash drive with an exact PDF copy of the proposal in a sealed box or envelope clearly

marked with the proposer’s name and proposal schedule number 5654 shall be submitted. A

single set of the Contractor’s fee for the services required in this RFP shall be submitted, along

with the copies of the proposal, in a separate sealed envelope with the same notation as the

proposal.

The City will award any resulting contract in a manner consistent with the City

Purchasing Ordinance. Fax or electronic/email submission of proposals will not be allowed.

A virtual conference is scheduled for 10:00am on Monday, November 10, 2025.

The cut-off date and time for receiving questions regarding this proposal is 5:00

p.m. PT, on Wednesday, November 12, 2025. All inquiries must be made in writing and may be

submitted to the email address shown below.

THE CITY OF REDDING

Purchasing Division

tnash@cityofredding.org

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NOTE

If a potential bidder/proposer received this solicitation document through

some means other than surface mail from the City of Redding (such as from the City

of Redding Internet web site, or from another prospective bidder/proposer), it is the

responsibility of the potential bidder/proposer to advise the assigned City of Redding

Purchasing contact of its intention to submit a bid/proposal so that any addenda or

other correspondence related to this solicitation will be sent to the potential

bidder/proposer. When contacting the Purchasing Division, the bidder/proposer shall

provide the solicitation number located on the cover page of this document.

Transmittal of this information must be in writing, by U.S. Mail, or e-mail.

Transmittal of this information via telephone is not acceptable.

Please submit bid/proposal as directed in the RFP package. Forward to:

City of Redding

City Clerk

777 Cypress Avenue

Redding, CA 96001

Proposals must be received by the City Clerk’s office prior to 3:00 p.m. PT on the date

indicated below. Mailing envelope is to be clearly marked on the outside with the

following notation:

“Proposals for Schedule No. 5654; opening at

3:00 P.M., on Monday, December 1, 2025”

Submissions may not be considered unless:

• Original proposal submittal and stated number of copies are received

• Cover letter is signed by one who has authority to sign contracts on behalf of

the organization.

• Project Cost Sheet provided in a separate sealed envelope.

• USB/Flash drive(s) are received.

• Submission must be received by the date and time indicated on this form.

Note: Signatures must be legible, indicating full first and last name.

The City of Redding

Purchasing Division

Tyler Nash- Senior Buyer

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CITY OF REDDING – REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR AVEVA PI SYSTEM

IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION

(Bid Schedule 5654)

INTRODUCTION

The City of Redding invites the submissions of proposals to provide the City of Redding Electric Utility

(REU) support in implementing and integrating the AVEVA PI System on-premise software stack to act

as the historian, data visualization, and business intelligence & analytics tool for the city Power Plant and

to also assist in the preparation and pre-work for expanding the AVEVA PI System software stack to

replace Transmission & Distribution’s SCADA historian and analytics tools.

The ideal Consultant will have demonstrated experience successfully performing similar projects within

the power industry and will have the capacity and qualified personnel to execute the implementation of

the PI System software stack at the City.

BACKGROUND

The City of Redding is a 61 square-mile municipality located in Northern California, 160 miles north of

Sacramento, and serving a population of roughly 92,000. REU, a department of the City of Redding, is a

publicly owned, not-for-profit electric utility with approximately 44,500 customers both residential and

commercial. REU generates over 800,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually and serves a peak load

of over 250 megawatts.

POWER PLANT

REU operates a Power Plant located at 17120 Clear Creek Road in Redding that serves as its primary

local generation resource. When necessary, REU supplements power production with power market

purchases when economically feasible. The Power Plant has a total nameplate capacity of 185 MW and

consists of:

• Three Gas Turbine Peaking Units

• Two Combined-Cycle Gas Turbines

• One Combined-Cycle Steam Turbine

The Power Plant also owns and operates a small hydro project at the base of Whiskeytown Dam.

Control and automation for the Redding Power Plant is accomplished through a single implementation of

the Siemens T3000 Distributed Control System (DCS). T3000 currently acts as the sole data historian and

analytics platform for the Power Plant.

The remote hydro project is controlled with a Rockwell ControlLogix Programmable Automation

Controller (PAC) and uses FactoryTalk as the data historian. T3000 is remotely connected to the site to

facilitate remote control of the unit by interfacing with ControlLogix and to collect critical data points

from the FactoryTalk historian. The collected data is at a lower resolution than what stored in

FactoryTalk.

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TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION (T&D)

REU is a member of the Balancing Area of Northern California (BANC) and operates its own scheduling

and marketing desk as a certified California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Scheduling

Coordinator (SC); as well as a current participant in the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM). Redding

Electric also has contracts for supplied power with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) –

Sierra Nevada Region, and transmission rights on the California-Oregon Transmission Project (COTP) in

the amount of 140 MW.

REU manages 71.6 miles of 115kV lines, roughly 746 miles of overhead and underground 12kV

distribution lines, and 11 115kV to 12kV substations and leverages the OSI monarch platform for real-

time SCADA and Chronus data historian capabilities.

Redding Electric currently has the following North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)

utility registration functions:

• Distribution Provider (DP)

• Generator Owner (GO)

• Generator Operator (GOP)

• Resource Planner (RP)

• Transmission Owner (TO)

• Transmission Planner (TPL)

• Transmission Operator (TOP)

PI IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

The implementation of the PI System will streamline data collection and analysis within the electric

utility and is divided into two major phases which are briefly outlined below.

PHASE 1*: Installation of hardware and PI System software stack, integration with current Power Plant

T3000 DCS, and training & support for affected stakeholders.

PHASE 2*: Replacement of Transmission & Distribution’s SCADA’s OSI Chronus data historian with

the PI System and training & support for affected stakeholders.

*This request for proposal primarily covers PHASE 1 and only requests preliminary or supplementary

consulting in regards to PHASE 2.

It is anticipated that City personnel take ultimate ownership of the PI System (both frontend and backend)

at the conclusion of the initial integration project.

The City has already identified the PI System Architecture that it is planning on implementing (see

Attachment #1.a) and identified the hardware and software that will be used.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) OVERVIEW

The City of Redding IT department currently supports its customers and operations using a variety of

information systems and technologies. The City of Redding’s network environment is comprised of

approximately 700 client workstations, 200 servers and multiple mobile devices across 24 departments,

connected by a combination of physical and wireless networks. The City of Redding employs both on

premise and cloud solutions to host information services such as email, GIS, customer Service, SCADA,

and financial information systems. The computing environment is hosted on virtualized infrastructure,

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networking leverages industry standard switching technologies and Next-Generation Firewalls, and

cybersecurity leverages Next-Generation Antivirus and real-time monitoring solutions. The City of

Redding standards for information technology hardware, software, and protocols currently include the

following:

• Desktop OS: Windows 11

• Server OS: Windows 2019 and higher

• Database: MSSQL Server

• Mobile Client: OS Apple iOS

• Network Hardware: 1Gbps bandwidth

• Web Browser: Chrome/Firefox/Edge latest version

• Identity Management and SSO: EntraID

• Office Productivity: Microsoft Office 365

• E-mail: Microsoft Exchange 365

• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition: Various

• CMMS: Mainsaver (to be replaced)

• ERP: Oracle

• GIS: ESRI

PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS

The following descriptions of project stakeholders and their roles are intended to give an overview of the

City’s internal stakeholders. The Consultant is expected to make role adjustments and recommendations

to facilitate PI System installation and integration success and robust long-term governance.

City Designated Project Manager

The City will designate a project manager that will work with the Consultant to coordinate and align

efforts between the Consultant and the City during the project. The project manager will be the primary

contact and driver for the project.

City Electric Utility Management Personnel

Key roles in upper management will utilize the capabilities enable through the PI System to consume

dashboards and trends that will give them better understanding of real-time conditions and operational

performance of City assets.

POWER PLANT STAKEHOLDERS

Power Plant Engineers

The Power Plant Engineers will be heavy users of the PI system and will create dashboards, analyses, and

alerts that will help to identify opportunities for improved performance, preventative maintenance, and

decrease time for root cause analysis. The Power Plant Engineers will be the primary creators of content

for PI Vision in regards to the Power Plant and will be the primary contacts for PI related questions or

requests from Power Plant personnel. The Power Plant Engineers will also coordinate with the Controls

and Instrumentation Technician to implement the connection to T3000. Power Plant Engineers will be

primarily responsible for managing naming conventions in regards to the power plant data and will

participate in overall PI governance.

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
• NAICS 541512Computer Systems Design Services
• NAICS 541519Other Computer Related Services
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

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