Renovation of a communication facility in Thornton, Colorado. Completed plans call for the renovation of a communication facility.

Thornton is seeking services for SCADA Radio Service Upgrades. Thornton owns and operates a water system serving approximately 165,000 individuals across 39 square miles, including residents and some unincorporated areas of Adams County as well as providing bulk-treated water deliveries to Westminster. The system operates two water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 75 million gallons per day and approximately 8 billion gallons produced annually. The SCADA system, connected to over 70 remote sites including lift stations, metering, pump stations, storage, PRVs, and transfer locations, uses a variety of radios and PLCs. There are currently three repeater site locations utilized within the system. Deadline to Submit Additional Questions 01/27/26 4:30 P.M. Response to Written Questions 01/29/26 Deadline to Submit Additional Questions 01/14/26 4:30 P.M. Tentative Award Date 02/23/26 Thornton operates two (2) water treatment plants: the Thornton Water Treatment Plant (TWTP), located at 920 Thornton Pkwy, Thornton, CO 80229, and the Wes Brown Water Treatment Plant (WBTP), located at 3651 E 86th Ave, Thornton, CO 80229. These plants have a combined capacity of 75 million gallons per day and produce approximately 8 billion gallons annually The scope of this project is radio services for sixty-two (62) remote sites and the two (2) water treatment plants. The project is divided into eleven (11) tasks, which will be completed in four (4) phases -Design, Recommendation, Implementation, and Sustainment - as described further below. In the Design phase, the vendor shall attend a kickoff meeting with Thornton staff (Task 1) and review available documentation related to the existing radio infrastructure (Task 2) to prepare for the inspection and field review of remote sites. The vendor will then inspect and test all existing radio equipment (Task 3). Following this field review of all repeater and remote site radios, the vendor shall provide a comprehensive report for each radio (Task 4) and design a comprehensive solution to optimize the signal strength, quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability of Thornton's SCADA radio network (Task 5). In the Recommendation phase, the vendor shall furnish to Thornton a memo outlining its recommendations to upgrade, replace, repair, and re-configure radios, as appropriate, to achieve the comprehensive solution developed in the Design phase (Task 6). In the Implementation phase, the vendor shall procure and install upgraded radios, repair existing radios, and/or re-configure existing radios based on the vendor's recommendations and Thorton's direction provided in the previous phase (Task 7). The vendor will also install upgraded radios for the three (3) repeater sites and provide new redundant radios for each radio at the repeater site locations (Task 8). The vendor will test the upgraded SCADA radio network to ensure it performs as designed (Task 9). Finally, the vendor will furnish training to Thornton staff on the installation and programming of all new radio equipment (Task 10). In the Sustainment phase, the vendor shall provide annual inspection and testing of Thornton's SCADA radio network to ensure its optimal performance (Task 11). The selected firm must possess expertise in RF engineering and radio equipment installation, testing, and inspections, in addition to significant experience working with municipal water SCADA systems and leading-edge SCADA technology.