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Manassas Park approves SCADA contract and $310,697 in task orders to modernize water and sewer telemetry
Summary
The Manassas Park governing body authorized a cooperative procurement agreement with Valley Automation and approved two task orders totaling $310,697.14 (including contingencies) to replace a proprietary SCADA system, upgrade controllers and add cellular communications for remote water and sewer sites.
The City of Manassas Park voted to authorize a cooperative procurement agreement with Valley Automation and approved two task orders to implement an upgraded SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for the city's water and sewer infrastructure.
City staff said the city will use a James Madison University contract extended by Valley Automation under state cooperative procurement provisions. The governing body approved task order 2025-O6 for the core SCADA implementation, not to exceed $86,416.22 with a $8,641.62 contingency (total $95,057.84), and task order 2025-O7 for telemetry, programmable logic controller upgrades and remote terminal unit installation, not to exceed $195,490.27 with a $19,549.03 contingency (total $215,039.30). Combined, the two task orders and contingencies total $310,697.14.
Calvin O'Dell, the city's director of community development, told council the existing system was proprietary and has lost reliable radio communications over time. "We have no front end to communicate with it," O'Dell said, and the proposal replaces aging radios and controllers and moves communications to a cellular network with a modern, nonproprietary front end that multiple vendors can service.
Council members asked about budget impact and were told approximately $4,400 had been spent to date for related work and $500,000 had been budgeted for the project; staff said the recommended task orders fit within that capital appropriation and that cellular communication costs would be an ongoing operational expense if incurred.
The council's motions to authorize the agreement and to approve the two task orders were moved, seconded and carried. The approvals are subject to city attorney review as noted by staff.
The contract and task orders are intended to restore remote monitoring and control of two sewer lift stations, three water tanks and associated pumps, improve reliability of alarms and reduce manual operator visits for routine monitoring.
Next steps: the city manager is authorized to sign the agreement and task orders following city attorney review; council will see any operational budget implications for cellular communications in future budget cycles.
