Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Data Services, and Azure Artificial Intelligence Services

Background
The Air District is an agency responsible for protecting air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area, tasked with regulating stationary sources of air pollution across nine counties. Its mission includes improving air quality to protect public health, reducing environmental inequities, and mitigating climate change impacts. The Air District seeks to leverage modern IT platforms to enhance operational efficiencies, manage air quality data, improve reporting capabilities, and automate workflows through qualified firms experienced in Microsoft Power Platform, Azure Data Services, and Azure Artificial Intelligence services.

Work Details
The contract involves providing as-needed services in three categories:

A) Microsoft Power Platform services including development and customization of applications (Power Apps), data visualization (Power BI), workflow automation (Power Automate), chatbot development (Power Virtual Agents), and secure website creation (Power Pages);

B) Azure Data Services including data governance, data modeling, database administration, data migration to Azure platforms, cloud-based data warehousing solutions, and performance tuning;

C) Azure Artificial Intelligence services including AI architecture selection, integration of AI tools for productivity enhancement, prompt engineering for AI models, secure data ingestion pipelines, user interface development for AI applications, and compliance with security standards.

The estimated budget for these services is not to exceed $3 million over a four-year period.

Period of Performance
The duration of the contract will be four years from the date of award.

Place of Performance
Services will be performed remotely or on-site as required by the Air District's needs.

Bidder Requirements
Respondents must submit qualifications for one or more service categories and are encouraged to include minority business enterprises, women’s business enterprises, veteran’s business enterprises, local businesses, and certified green businesses. Respondents must also self-certify as a local business if applicable.