The procurements, listed on the city’s website, span cloud infrastructure, network, AI, enterprise resource planning and more.
One solicitation already open to bids on Biddingo is for object detection. Specifically, the city is seeking solutions that can visually identify objects in roads — which could help with abandoned vehicles, parking enforcement, potholes, litter and graffiti. That procurement is available until Sept. 15.
The city is planning five more solicitations:
- Hybrid cloud solution: To be released July through September. The city will seek to move to a hyperconverged infrastructure model, refreshing on-premises equipment. This will support business continuity and disaster recovery and aims to assist in finding better tools to achieve higher service level agreements, and to reduce costs. The IT Department’s proposed budget set aside $2.3 million for this project.
- Microsoft certified support: To be released July through September. San Jose will look for a more cost-effective option for third-party Microsoft support. This includes Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Server and Endpoint, and covers service level agreements as well as auxiliary services such as security score assessments and fast track implementation assistance.
- Network infrastructure equipment and services: To be released July through September. To support wired and wireless equipment refreshments, the city will seek to modernize its network infrastructure technology. This should include centralized management capabilities such as proactive alerting and reporting, “highly effective” cybersecurity controls and remediation, and automation, orchestration and AI. The procurement will also seek a managed service provider for network management, implementation services and consulting for wired and wireless network initiatives.
- AI multi-package procurement: To be released July through August. Developed in partnership with the GovAI Coalition, this solicitation will ask for proposals in three areas: data cleaning and transformation, a predictive analytics platform, and an AI tool for business automation. An overview of the procurement outlines several expected outcomes, which include the establishment of a digital twin. The document names Albie Udom and Ryan Maher as contacts for more information about the procurement.
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) modernization: To be released in 2026 or 2027. The first phase of the project will be to find an experienced firm to develop the request for proposals to replace some or all of San Jose’s ERP applications. The second phase will be to find a firm to implement the replacement initiative.
