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Minimum Qualifications and Licensing. All workers employed or contracted by the Supplier may be required to have X We typically bring in seasoned qualified the minimum competencies necessary to accomplish the specific task or work requirement presented in this document. resource for both Electric and Water The Supplier and their subcontractors, suppliers and agents are to be properly licensed and qualified to perform the installations. class and type ofthe services as specified in this REP, in addition to being properly insured, equipped, organized, staffed 173 and financed to handle such services. The Supplier is to outline how it will meet these minimum competencies and indicate any requested exceptions. Supplier should provide Self -Contained Metering class for EPI Installation Personnel. Local Hires. The Supplier should use local qualified personnel whenever possible. However, this is not a requirement, X 174 especially if highly trained crews from outside of the region are available. Yes We typically don't hire locally, and we prefer to bring in seasoned technicians. Substance Abuse. In order to maintain a safe, healthy and efficient work environment, and to minimize absenteeism X and tardiness, Purchaser requires that the Work Site be a Drug and Alcohol -Free Environment. Prior to commencement of work, Supplier should have a Substance Abuse Program in place. Supplier should provide a copy of their substance 175 abuse program with its submittal to this REP. Purchaser should review the program and if acceptable, approve the program prior to commencement of end point installation. Pre -employment and Random Drug Testing. The Supplier and their agents, employees and X Subcontractors should adhere to DOT drug and alcohol testing policies in place during the term of the Project. All testing 176 should be paid for in full by the Supplier. Supplier should indicate compliance with this requirement. The Purchaser serves the right to review how the Supplier is in compliance with this requirement. Training Program Overview. The Supplier should provide an overview of their employee training programs (technical, X 177 safety and customer contact/communications) for the specific work functions listed in this REP. Yes Please see detail response in REP Bid Supervision. Supplier should ensure appropriate supervision is provided for all field -related work for its employees. X Supplier should provide its expected ratio of 'Field Installation Personnel' to Field Supervisors. Purchaser expects that Supplier will provide more management oversight, e.g. the ratio of field technicians 178 to field supervisors, when the workforce is less experienced such as in the beginning of the project or at the start of yes implementation of a new type of technology or end point. Supplier should indicate compliance with this requirement and the proposed ratio of installers to supervisor? Please see detail response in REP Bid Special Meter Installation Requirements & Project Management Proposed Process: Please create a process map or a set of steps used from meters entering the CIS database to post installation such as: a) from the Purchaser's warehouse and into your Work 179 Management Software, b) meters moved from warehouse to the installer's vehicles, c) from doing the meter exchange, X d) to uploading the meter exchanged data to reporting the work completed and planned into the dashboard tools. Integration Method: Batch Creation of AMI Meter Exchange Installation Service Orders - "From Purchaser". Upfront and then daily during the meter installation period, Purchaser should create bulk AMI meter 180 exchange service orders and send these to the Suppliers work management system via an Yes X automated integration or data transfer. Please indicate your preferred integration method between the Supplier's Work management System, and the Purchasers' NISC CIS. Please see detail response in REP Bid 181 installation results into the Supplier's NISC CIS system, please describe your proposed approach for completing this task? Yes X Please see detail response in REP Bid 182 Data Exchange: Data files to be exchanged with Purchaser should be provided in a format suitable for uploadingto NISC Yes X CIS. Please see detail response in REP Bid 183 Secure FTP Exchange: The software upload of the progress should occur at least daily. X 184 Dashboard: Software should provide web access to Purchaser personnel to monitor the progress of the installation and X run reports. 185 Reporting of Installation Plan and Progress: Supplier should attach sample reports as used to track meter installation X progress. 186 Project Schedule: The Supplier may work with the Utility Staffto develop a detailed project schedule for cycle completion Yes X and scheduling. 187 Project Plan for this Proposal: The Supplier should include a sample Project Plan showing estimated timelines to X complete the various phases of this project. Deployment Project Plan: Provide updates as needed to the project plan during the deployment articulating all Supplier and Purchaser's key tasks and specific time durations from contract execution through the first electric and water meter I88 replacement, ramp -up, mass deployment, and ramp-down/cleanup. Provide sample documents with response. Yes X Please we detail response in REP Bid 189 Project Manager: Supplier should provide complete project management services with at least one project manager X located onsite during the entire installation period. Daily Dashboard Update: Supplier should provide reports no less than daily frequency on the status of the installation. 190 These reports may be in the form of outputs from the Supplier's installation management software. Yes X Please see detail response in REP Bid Weekly Status: The Supplier should provide a status work of meters installed, any identified problems, inventory levels 191 projected, and other defined Project Management items for the Purchaser's PM. X Daily Upload of Meters/Modules Exchanged: The Supplier should submit no less than a nightly database feed of all 192 meters installed from the prior day to Purchaser. This information will provide Purchaser with the reporting capability to X check and verify each customer account is an active account. Please explain how you plan to meet this requirement. Seasonal Cost Differences: If the schedules would allow for the bulk of the meter installations to be conducted April to October, is there a potential for a lower cost per meter to be quoted or are seasonal differences built into your pricing? 193 Note, we are expecting a bout 75% of the meters to be installed over a nine -month March -November period. X Deploying Sequence and Timing 194 Initial Deployment Area (IDA) To gather a good understanding of the system integrations and business process flows, X Supplier must propose a replacement of 125 electric meters and 25 water meters. Ramp -up Productivity Rates: Describe the Suppliers expected Productivity Per Day meter installations for a typical 8 195 hour and 10-hour day during production ramp up. Please describe your proposed ramp -up duration for the Phase 2 Full Yes X Deployment. Please see detail response in REP Bid 196 Steady State Productivity Rates: Describe the Suppliers expected Productivity Per Day for meter installations for a Yes X typical 8 hour and 10-hour day during normal production (after ramp -up). Please we detail response in REP Bid Ramp -down Process: Describe the Suppliers production ramp down process for delivery of the Endpoint Deployment Services and discuss any issues that could negatively or positively impact the installation schedule for the proposed full- 197 service territory implementation with a focus on completing typical hard -to -access and clean-up work associated with Yes X project closeout. Please see detail response in REP Bid Evidence of Meter Tampering 210