UHB Data Wrangling Tool - Market Engagement

The Trust is collecting more data in different formats (internal/external, structured/unstructured), which is both sensitive and highly confidential.<br/><br/>The Trust has forthcoming implementations of Cloud-based ERP (transactional data), EPM (managerial data) systems, and other updated applications. Strategically the Trust is moving to a “Cloud first” approach to upgrade the legacy IT estate, and we require a mechanism for the safe implementation of these platforms and tools. Thus policies and procedures that provide the Trust control of our business data, both in the Cloud and in setups where data is stored or sourced in a combination of Cloud and on-premise, are required.<br/><br/>ERP systems use automation and predefined business logic to orchestrate processes. All processes in an ERP, without exception, rely on the quality and reliable data. If the data is missing, the process will stop. If the data is wrong or incomplete, the process will produce unexpected results requiring remediation. <br/><br/>It needs to be acknowledged that data will become the biggest challenge to the ERP programme and appropriate and knowledgeable resources equipped with capable tools must be on-boarded immediately which is where the data wrangling tool is needed.<br/><br/>It is widely accepted that the success of the ERP migration will depend on the availability of quality data to be migrated, therefore a data wrangling tool is needed to obtain the data being migrated more efficiently.<br/><br/>To access, review, investigate and resolve data integrity, validity and quality issues and combine data from numerous sources in a rapid timeframe, there is a need for appropriate software to deliver specific capabilities. <br/><br/>Below is a concise list of minimal data-wrangling capabilities needed for data analysis and profiling activities: (See Requirements & Briefing Note/ Annex 1 documents)<br/><br/>Potential bidders are asked to note that the route to market has not yet been decided and therefore the procurement timetable has not been finalised. The Authority will make a final decision on the most appropriate route market following this engagement exercise. This may be a direct award via an existing public sector framework agreement or alternatively, the Authority may decide to run a competitive process via a mini-competition under a framework or an openly advertised procedure. If the latter, the publication of the ITT will include the publication of a Contract Notice, a Contracts Finder notice, and the ITT documents will be published on the Authority’ Atamis e-tendering system.