Statement of Work – Request for Submissions from Approved Master Service

2026-11-03

The Information Technology Division ( ITD ) of the State CourtAdministrator ’ sOffice ( State ), located at the Minnesota Judicial Branch ( MJB ), is seeking an experienced AI Application Developer with strong ASP . NET development skills and hands - on experience in Azure AI Services and Ollama . This role is for staff augmentation of the Development and Support Services team and will participate in designing and implementing AI - based solutions and enhancements to improve efficiency of court operations . The selected candidate ( s ) will be required to sign a confidentiality , participation , and assignment of rights agreement in a form acceptable to State . III . Project Deliverables • Development and testing on EP320 project ( Conciliation Court Virtual Assistant ), internal operational projects , Access and Service Delivery ( ASD - 3 ) initiatives — assignments to be determined . • Develop and maintain ASP . NET applications integrated with Azure AI Services and Ollama for local or hybrid LLM deployments . • Implement intelligent agent workflows using Semantic Kernel or AutoGen to orchestrate multi - agent conversations and reasoning . • Design and deploy RAG pipelines using vector stores , semantic search , and enterprise data connectors . • Integrate vector databases and semantic search for dynamic content retrieval and contextual AI responses . • Work with MCP ( Model Context Protocol ) to enable interoperability between agents and services . • Develop APIs and services that connect enterprise systems to AI models both on Azure and Ollama - hosted environments . • Optimize model performance , latency , and cost efficiency across onpremises and cloud AI solutions . • Collaborate with cross - functional teams ( AI engineers , data scientists , DevOps ) to deliver production - ready AI features . • Engage in regular communication , at least weekly , concerning work performance and provide documentation regarding the work performed . Successful performance will be determined by regular communication of work progress to technical lead and DSS Development Supervisor . VI . Responsibilities Expected of the Selected Vendor • The vendor must initiate and provide a criminal background check for submitted contractors . • The vendor will provide project activity plan ( s ) and schedule ( s ) agreeable to the ITD Manager . • The vendor will assign a primary contact that will be responsible for all formal communications between the vendor and the ITD manager in regards to the contract . • The vendor and contractor will act in a professional manner and abide by all rules set forth by the Minnesota Judicial Branch . • The contractor willreportto the ITD manager and will be expected to communicate on a regular basis ( as determined by the ITD manager ) with all project stakeholders . • The selected contractor will follow State disciplines standards , including use of State templates , methods and forms .

Minnesota

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