# Data Partner for Data Platform

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £200,000
- Published: 17 August 2023
- Planned start: 6 November 2023
- Planned end: 5 November 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 90989062-e011-459d-a23f-49a5713504f8-673004
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2237d7ea-cbc1-47f0-948f-90172e1ff343

## Description

The CA requires a partner to help us with the following objectives: The objective of the project is to; • Design and setup a secure Microsoft Data Platform \(or latest Microsoft equivalent\) in the Combined Authority environment with privacy settings\. • The solution must be implemented in the Combined Authority's Microsoft Azure tenancy • Onboard multiple data sources using various methods \(API's, manual upload, etc\.\) and transform the data to create PowerBi Dashboards or data sets\. • Procure a managed service for the Data Platform for at least 3 years with an option to extend for 2 years\. • Commission changes to existing Combined Authority systems to extract and ingest data into the platform\. • Deliver training to increase data management and data transformation skills using a Microsoft Data Platform \(or latest Microsoft equivalent\) environment\. • Establish a single source of truth for bus data \(initially\) with clear metadata\. • Cleanse and validate raw data using Microsoft Data Platform tools \(or latest Microsoft equivalent\)\. • Grow the existing use of PowerBi dashboards \(by resolving storage challenges\) to reduce decision-making time\. • Provide training on the Microsoft Data Platform \(or latest Microsoft equivalent\) for data analysts and users of the system\.

## Related contract awards

- [Airborne Data Link](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c1061a90-ff56-4ab4-bcbc-1df7e157bed2): West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- [People Professional Apprenticeships](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-392978e2-a986-460a-84c9-51ade9c205e9): West Yorkshire Combined Authority
- [Provision of E-Learning and Learning Management System](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-46b69c48-c6e7-4598-82ef-4927470b112e): West Yorkshire Combined Authority

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/90989062-e011-459d-a23f-49a5713504f8-673004)