Rocky Mountain Power Non-Competitive Procurement with Palantir Technologies

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June 6, 2023
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Gary Widerburg
Commission Administrator
Public Service Commission of Utah Heber M. Wells Building
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114
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Re: Notice of Non-Competitive Procurement with Palantir Technologies, Inc
Dear Commissioners:
In accordance with PacifiCorp’s (“the Company”) Procurement Policy, the Company must report to the Public Service Commission of Utah (“Commission”) purchases of goods or services exceeding $1,000,000 that are not competitively bid. This letter hereby serves as notice that PacifiCorp has entered a non-competitively bid contract with Palantir Technologies, Inc. (“Palantir”) that exceeds $1,000,000. The contract is for Palantir Foundry, a data analytics software platform for Public Safety Power Shutoff (“PSPS”) event management, Enhanced Fire Risk (“EFR”) program management, and wildfire safety compliance reporting for PacifiCorp over a term of years. The total contract value is $ for the initial years of the contract and the cost for the remaining years of work will be negotiated at a later date.
Pursuant to PacifiCorp’s Procurement Policy, a supplier may be awarded a contract on a non- competitive basis under certain circumstances, such as when competitive bidding is impossible or impractical, or when otherwise a non-competitive procurement has been demonstrated to be in the best interest of the Company and its customers.
PacifiCorp currently lacks the ability to integrate data and information from separately managed existing systems associated with its wildfire mitigation plans into a single application for operational planning and decision-making. Palantir Foundry is a data analytics software platform solution that utilizes existing functionality to integrate data across multiple separate systems into a common operational picture for real-time decision-making during periods of extreme fire risk, data retention and tracking, and regulatory reporting. This includes using a high-performance cloud computing architecture integrated with existing PacifiCorp software and databases.
PacifiCorp selected Palantir without conducting a competitive bidding process because it is the only known provider of the mission-critical wildfire risk mitigation information technologies capabilities for PSPS event management, EFR settings, and compliance reporting for wildfire mitigation. Palantir Foundry will provide essential data integration, management, and validation capabilities, which will reduce manual errors and process delays to enable timely, accurate, and compliant execution of PacifiCorp’s public safety programs.
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