diff --git a/app/src/adapters/db/clients/postgres_client.py b/app/src/adapters/db/clients/postgres_client.py
index c70ceef..332a537 100644
--- a/app/src/adapters/db/clients/postgres_client.py
+++ b/app/src/adapters/db/clients/postgres_client.py
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ def check_db_connection(self) -> None:
             # if check_migrations_current:
             #     have_all_migrations_run(engine)
 
+    def get_raw_connection(self) -> sqlalchemy.PoolProxiedConnection:
+        # For low-level operations not supported by SQLAlchemy.
+        # Unless you specifically need this, you should use get_connection().
+        return self._engine.raw_connection()
+
 
 def get_connection_parameters(db_config: PostgresDBConfig) -> dict[str, Any]:
     connect_args: dict[str, Any] = {}
diff --git a/app/src/db/__init__.py b/app/src/db/__init__.py
index e69de29..0af7720 100644
--- a/app/src/db/__init__.py
+++ b/app/src/db/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__all__ = ["bulk_ops"]
diff --git a/app/src/db/bulk_ops.py b/app/src/db/bulk_ops.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa10005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/db/bulk_ops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+"""Bulk database operations for performance.
+
+Provides a bulk_upsert function for use with
+Postgres and the psycopg library.
+"""
+from typing import Any, Sequence
+
+import psycopg
+from psycopg import rows, sql
+
+Connection = psycopg.Connection
+Cursor = psycopg.Cursor
+kwargs_row = rows.kwargs_row
+
+
+def bulk_upsert(
+    cur: psycopg.Cursor,
+    table: str,
+    attributes: Sequence[str],
+    objects: Sequence[Any],
+    constraint: str,
+    update_condition: sql.SQL | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    """Bulk insert or update a sequence of objects.
+
+    Insert a sequence of objects, or update on conflict.
+    Write data from one table to another.
+    If there are conflicts due to unique constraints, overwrite existing data.
+
+    Args:
+      cur: the Cursor object from the pyscopg library
+      table: the name of the table to insert into or update
+      attributes: a sequence of attribute names to copy from each object
+      objects: a sequence of objects to upsert
+      constraint: the table unique constraint to use to determine conflicts
+      update_condition: optional WHERE clause to limit updates for a
+        conflicting row
+    """
+    if not update_condition:
+        update_condition = sql.SQL("")
+
+    temp_table = f"temp_{table}"
+    _create_temp_table(cur, temp_table=temp_table, src_table=table)
+    _bulk_insert(cur, table=temp_table, columns=attributes, objects=objects)
+    _write_from_table_to_table(
+        cur,
+        src_table=temp_table,
+        dest_table=table,
+        columns=attributes,
+        constraint=constraint,
+        update_condition=update_condition,
+    )
+
+
+def _create_temp_table(cur: psycopg.Cursor, temp_table: str, src_table: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Create table that lives only for the current transaction.
+    Use an existing table to determine the table structure.
+    Once the transaction is committed the temp table will be deleted.
+    Args:
+      temp_table: the name of the temporary table to create
+      src_table: the name of the existing table
+    """
+    cur.execute(
+        sql.SQL(
+            "CREATE TEMP TABLE {temp_table}\
+      (LIKE {src_table})\
+      ON COMMIT DROP"
+        ).format(
+            temp_table=sql.Identifier(temp_table),
+            src_table=sql.Identifier(src_table),
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def _bulk_insert(
+    cur: psycopg.Cursor,
+    table: str,
+    columns: Sequence[str],
+    objects: Sequence[Any],
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Write data from a sequence of objects to a temp table.
+    This function uses the PostgreSQL COPY command which is highly performant.
+    Args:
+      cur: the Cursor object from the pyscopg library
+      table: the name of the temporary table
+      columns: a sequence of column names that are attributes of each object
+      objects: a sequence of objects with attributes defined by columns
+    """
+    columns_sql = sql.SQL(",").join(map(sql.Identifier, columns))
+    query = sql.SQL("COPY {table}({columns}) FROM STDIN").format(
+        table=sql.Identifier(table),
+        columns=columns_sql,
+    )
+    with cur.copy(query) as copy:
+        for obj in objects:
+            values = [getattr(obj, column) for column in columns]
+            copy.write_row(values)
+
+
+def _write_from_table_to_table(
+    cur: psycopg.Cursor,
+    src_table: str,
+    dest_table: str,
+    columns: Sequence[str],
+    constraint: str,
+    update_condition: sql.SQL | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Write data from one table to another.
+    If there are conflicts due to unique constraints, overwrite existing data.
+    Args:
+      cur: the Cursor object from the pyscopg library
+      src_table: the name of the table that will be copied from
+      dest_table: the name of the table that will be written to
+      columns: a sequence of column names to copy over
+      constraint: the arbiter constraint to use to determine conflicts
+      update_condition: optional WHERE clause to limit updates for a
+        conflicting row
+    """
+    if not update_condition:
+        update_condition = sql.SQL("")
+
+    columns_sql = sql.SQL(",").join(map(sql.Identifier, columns))
+    update_sql = sql.SQL(",").join(
+        [
+            sql.SQL("{column} = EXCLUDED.{column}").format(
+                column=sql.Identifier(column),
+            )
+            for column in columns
+            if column not in ["id", "number"]
+        ]
+    )
+    query = sql.SQL(
+        "INSERT INTO {dest_table}({columns})\
+    SELECT {columns} FROM {src_table}\
+    ON CONFLICT ON CONSTRAINT {constraint} DO UPDATE SET {update_sql}\
+      {update_condition}"
+    ).format(
+        dest_table=sql.Identifier(dest_table),
+        columns=columns_sql,
+        src_table=sql.Identifier(src_table),
+        constraint=sql.Identifier(constraint),
+        update_sql=update_sql,
+        update_condition=update_condition,
+    )
+    cur.execute(query)
+
+
+__all__ = ["bulk_upsert"]
diff --git a/app/tests/src/db/test_bulk_ops.py b/app/tests/src/db/test_bulk_ops.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b72d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tests/src/db/test_bulk_ops.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+"""Tests for bulk_ops module"""
+import operator
+import random
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+from psycopg import rows, sql
+
+import src.adapters.db as db
+from src.db import bulk_ops
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Number:
+    id: str
+    num: int
+
+
+def get_random_number_object() -> Number:
+    return Number(
+        id=str(random.randint(1000000, 9999999)),
+        num=random.randint(1, 10000),
+    )
+
+
+def test_bulk_upsert(db_session: db.Session):
+    db_client = db.PostgresDBClient()
+    conn = db_client.get_raw_connection()
+
+    # Override mypy, because SQLAlchemy's DBAPICursor type doesn't specify the row_factory attribute, or that it functions as a context manager
+    with conn.cursor(row_factory=rows.class_row(Number)) as cur:  # type: ignore
+        table = "temp_table"
+        attributes = ["id", "num"]
+        objects = [get_random_number_object() for i in range(100)]
+        constraint = "temp_table_pkey"
+
+        # Create a table for testing bulk upsert
+        cur.execute(
+            sql.SQL(
+                "CREATE TEMP TABLE {table}"
+                "("
+                "id TEXT NOT NULL,"
+                "num INT,"
+                "CONSTRAINT {constraint} PRIMARY KEY (id)"
+                ")"
+            ).format(
+                table=sql.Identifier(table),
+                constraint=sql.Identifier(constraint),
+            )
+        )
+
+        bulk_ops.bulk_upsert(
+            cur,
+            table,
+            attributes,
+            objects,
+            constraint,
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+
+        # Check that all the objects were inserted
+        cur.execute(
+            sql.SQL("SELECT id, num FROM {table} ORDER BY id ASC").format(
+                table=sql.Identifier(table)
+            )
+        )
+        records = cur.fetchall()
+        objects.sort(key=operator.attrgetter("id"))
+        assert records == objects
+
+        # Now modify half of the objects
+        updated_indexes = random.sample(range(100), 50)
+        original_objects = [objects[i] for i in range(100) if i not in updated_indexes]
+        updated_objects = [objects[i] for i in updated_indexes]
+        for obj in updated_objects:
+            obj.num = random.randint(1, 10000)
+
+        # And insert additional objects
+        inserted_objects = [get_random_number_object() for i in range(50)]
+
+        updated_and_inserted_objects = updated_objects + inserted_objects
+        random.shuffle(updated_objects + inserted_objects)
+
+        bulk_ops.bulk_upsert(
+            cur,
+            table,
+            attributes,
+            updated_and_inserted_objects,
+            constraint,
+        )
+        conn.commit()
+
+        # Check that the existing objects were updated and new objects were inserted
+        cur.execute(
+            sql.SQL("SELECT id, num FROM {table} ORDER BY id ASC").format(
+                table=sql.Identifier(table)
+            )
+        )
+        records = cur.fetchall()
+        expected_objects = original_objects + updated_and_inserted_objects
+        expected_objects.sort(key=operator.attrgetter("id"))
+        assert records == expected_objects