Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR18-20 with Intellibind Technologies, LLC in the amount of $500,000.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Electric SCADA Comprehensive Patch Management Services
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve Services Agreement No. AGR18-20 with Intellibind Technologies, LLC in the amount of $500,000.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of Electric SCADA Comprehensive Patch Management Services, in a form acceptable to the county attorney, and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board approve as presented.
Body
In July of 2016 new cyber security regulations, North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection Version 5 (CIP-5), were implemented that apply to the operators of electric transmission lines. The Los Alamos Power Pool comprised of DOE/LANL and Los Alamos County share responsibilities in operating "pool assets". LANL/DOE owns approximately 21 miles of transmission line, triggering the CIP-5 regulations, and the DPU owns and operates the electric Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system supporting the pool's electric infrastructure. The CIP-5 regulations apply to the DPU SCADA system.
After operating a year under the new regulations it was apparent that the demands of meeting the compliance requirements was beyond the level of staffing available. The task of investigating software upgrades, identifying security related upgrades and applying these upgrades to dozens of devices under the strict regulatory guidelines is referred to as Patching. Our SCADA Technician is consumed by the patching effort and operational SCADA work has been stacking up. These services to have a contractor provide all aspects of the patching will balance the workload. On average the contractor will work two weeks per month on patching the SCADA system. One week offsite and one...
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