SSN-RC-2024-022 - Proposed SS to Clearview AI for a Search Engine for Public Images

The County of Rockland Sheriff’s Department is considering the issuance of a Sole Source award to Clearview AI to act as a search engine of publicly available images.    

This award may be made on a sole source basis in accordance with the Rockland County Procurement Policy.

TERM: One Year   

This notice is for informational purposes only and NOT a request for competitive quotes.

Any non-profit agency that believes they are qualified to provide the services detailed above and is ready, willing, and able to provide the services, shall respond to this notice no later than 3:00 pm on February 15, 2024 (14 days after advertisement) of this announcement.  The response should provide specific details regarding the agency’s interest in providing such services as well as their prior experience in providing the same or similar services.  In addition, the response should detail the agency’s connections to the Rockland County community.

Responses to this notice must be sent via facsimile to 845-364-3809 or email to purchasing@co.rockland.ny.us. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The County of Rockland Sheriff’s Department is seeking the purchase of Clearview AI’s search engine software.  Clearview AI locates data from across the internet and generates matches through its proprietary image-search technology. 

Attributes of Clearview AI’s service includes:

• Analytica facial recognition searches of publicly available facial online imagery for the purposes of supporting investigative process for public safety.
• Associating facial recognition search imagery to websites, domains and urls in the furtherance of the investigative process for public safety.
• System oversight, auditing, and reporting features, which meet or exceed policy compliance standards and recommendation.
• A unified platform of identity management allowing for customized galley enrollments, public online imagery access and a facial recognition capability in a single interface. 

• 1-5 Licenses
• Unlimited Searches
• Installation, systems integration, & configuration
• Online training sessions
• Premium help desk support including, phone support, email support, remote access, and IT support
• Dedicated customer success manager
• Annual search engine maintenance and system upgrades
• Annual maintenance plan with patch and emergency fixes
• Annual software upgrades including major and minor software version releases