Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff
Subject: Waiver of the Request for Proposal Process and Acceptance of an Agreement with C3 AI for Intelligence Analysis Investigations Solution Software
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) A waiver of the Request for Proposal process; and
B) The execution of an agreement with C3 AI to provide the Intelligence Analysis Application, a criminal investigative platform and analytics software solution, for the term of May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000; and
C) The Sheriff or the Sheriff's designee to execute contract amendments and minor modifications not to exceed $25,000 (in aggregate) and/or modify the contract term and/or services.
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BACKGROUND:
For several years, the Sheriff's Office (SO) has pursued procurement of a software solution intended to aggregate numerous disparate data sources into a single platform. Such software would allow the SO to perform more efficient, timely, and accurate investigative analysis in pursuit of stronger intelligence-led policing.
On January 24, 2022, the Sheriff's Office entered into pilot agreement #30000-22-D00250 with C3 AI for the contractor to configure and demonstrate the capabilities of their C3 AI Intelligence Analysis Application (C3 Application) for criminal investigations. The pilot successfully integrated four of the SO's core but distinct data source systems in the pre-production C3 Application. C3 AI's dashboard screen shows historical crime trends and statistics, as well as a data vision screen that allows users to search, filter, and visualize consolidated crime data and associated connections for criminal investigations. The pilot demonstrated how C3 AI can build customized artificial intelligence (AI) software to allow the SO tools and analytics to help build a unified, standardized vie...
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