RFP for AUTEC Electrical Load Shedding / DRU ImplementationThursday, November 12, 2015 BRPH Architects – Engineers is a 50-year firm headquartered in Melbourne, FL http://brph.com. We are currently working on a US Navy project that was originally designed by another firm using ACLARA’s Two-Way Automatic Communications System (TWACS) as their basis of bid. Unfortunately, the project was tabled in 2010 due to funding and only advanced to the 35% design development (DD) level. The original Engineering firm is no longer associated with this effort. The current SOW is at http://www.peakload.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/SOW_150402.pdf. BRPH has been contracted to provide the design for a Load Management System (Load Shedding); project scope, BOM, cost estimate, projected energy savings, return on investment and DD-1391 form. “Perform a study and provide a detailed report to the customer indicating what shall be required to provide and install the Load Management Systems as described in the Statement of Work at AUTEC.” BRPH has conducted a recent on-site survey of the proposed target buildings along with the existing electrical and network infrastructure. The existing network infrastructure and network equipment (cabling, switches & wireless access points) are owned and maintained by PAE (a contracting firm with a 5-year contract). This may be an obstacle if PAE is not willing to allow the Navy to use their existing backbone infrastructure and/or network to implement communications between the new server/software and each of the Demand Response Units (DRU’s). A few base facilities have fiber optic cabling, some have 25-pair copper cabling and some have wireless access points. I need a better understanding of the communications requirements between the software and DRU’s. If interested, I would like to discuss further project details with and/or your staff to gain an understanding of your recommended management software, DRU, and infrastructure requirements. We are on a short deadline to provide our survey results, so please accept my most sincere thanks in advance for your prompt reply. Dave White RCDD, NTS, OSP Technology Division Manager EMAIL [email protected] DIRECT 321-751-3006 CELL 321-261-1658 FAX 321-259-4703 5700 North Harbor City Boulevard, Suite 400 | Melbourne, Florida 32940 | BRPH.com |