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Participation in PME does not influence the outcome of any future procurement process and confers no advantage. Important Notices: Engagement is for market research only and does not constitute a call for competition. All information shared during PME may be used to refine the procurement strategy. The Authority reserves the right not to proceed with procurement. 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A data ecosystem that supports AI, ML, predictive analytics, automated insight, improved decision making, and self-service analytics. Scope of the Proposed Procurement The Authority anticipates procuring a partner (or partners) to support the design, build, testing, governance, and early life support of the new data platform. Indicative scope areas include: 3.1 Core Technical Requirements Microsoft Fabric tenant and associated Azure configuration (security, workspaces, licensing). Development of raw/working/curated data lakehouse layers. On premise and cloud data ingestion pipelines. Data modelling, transformation, and semantic layer creation for enterprise datasets. Migration from an existing limited Microsoft data lakehouse structure. Integration with 3rd party data sets. CI/CD automation and platform observability tooling. Environment strategy (Dev / Test / Prod). Integration with Dynamics 365 CRM and Finance & Operations. Integration with other line of business applications. 3.2 Governance & Operating Model Meet the requirements of a Platform's data governance framework (including Data quality, lineage, cataloguing, and access control standards). GDPR compliant data retention and observability improvements. Support the enablement and operational activities surrounding Data Use Act, SARs, STAIRS. 3.3 Business Facing Deliverables Production of trusted Power BI datasets, dashboards, and AIready data assets. Establishment of a Platform wide data Community of Practice. Training and capability uplift for business users and analysts. 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