Agenda - Public Works Committee - 05/15/2012

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Executive Summary of Proposal For the City of Ramsey, MN ("City") we are proposing our Navigo GPS/AVL Fleet Management System. The proposed Navigo GPS/AVL Fleet Management System is a solution that provides vehicle performance data, location tracking, operations monitoring, and reporting via a user-friendly web interface. Location Technologies, Inc. is proposing and is prepared to supply all project management, installation, and implementation services necessary to deliver a working solution. The Proposed Navigo GPS/AVL Fleet Management System will provide the City with an automated real- time GPS/AVL system that is simple to operate and will reliably collect and disseminate data in a useable format based on information provided by on -vehicle sensors, monitors, and other sources (i.e., weather data, operator -generated data). This accumulated operations data can be used to plan maintenance activities and direct the maintenance vehicles to carry out their planned activities. The proposed system will give the City a holistic, department wide view of its operations and allow it to streamline its maintenance and operations functions by using aggregated data to make informed decisions simply and efficiently. Location Technologies, Inc. takes a unique operations -centric approach to GPS/AVL Fleet Management. We are pushing the boundaries of GPS/AVL fleet management systems past the vehicle and on to the entire operation. Managers of fleet -based operations have been limited by the dot -on -a -map mentality for too long. We are pioneering a next -generation GPS/AVL fleet management approach that envisions the role of our systems as great aggregators of whole operations data, and as such must openly accumulate, interface, and extend all the operations data that is relevant to the tasks being performed. Operations managers need information from numerous sectors of their operations in order to make the correct decisions. These areas include environmental data, traffic data, geographic data, Route data, vehicle data, fleet data, operations data, inventory/asset data, HR/personnel data, fiscal data, and others. The proposed NAVIGO GPS/AVL Fleet Management System is extremely beneficial in the management and daily operations of a statewide maintenance fleet program by providing: • Tools to better monitor maintenance systems, including data necessary for managers and operators to make informed and timely operational decisions (e.g., understanding the necessary amount of de-icing chemicals to apply to particular stretches of road); • Tools to better track the resources (vehicle, personnel, materials, etc) used to maintain specific roadway segments. • Planning information to other stakeholders such as City and regional transportation agencies or metropolitan planning organizations with adjoining responsibilities; • Useful traveler information for dissemination to the public (i.e., icy road alerts). LTI is proposing, at the very high level, the following items: In -Vehicle Hardware Management Software • LT6 GPS/AVL CDMA Modem • LT Navigo Explorer WebMap Platform • LT Vehicle Diagnostic Bus Interface Module • Public Works Management Module • Interface assemblies for Snow/Ice Control • Fleet Management Module Network Servers • LT Wireless Data Server Software • LT Events Engine • .NET Web Services (3rd Party Interface) • 3rd Party Dispatch & Mgmt SW Interface Module Field Communications • CDMA or GPRS Wireless Data Communications The proposed City GPS/AVL Fleet Management System will give the following functionality: • Vehicle Tracking • Maintenance Decision Making • Field Communications • Inventory and Asset Management • In -Vehicle Information Management • Data Archiving and Reports • Work Order Management and Dispatch Monitoring 4 Proposal for City of Ramsey, MN Navigo GPS/AVL Fleet Management System Location Technologies, Inc. I All information within this proposal considered private and confidential.