Data Management Solution - Planning

Closes in 28 daysSubmission deadline: 20 November 2026, 11:59 PM Australia/Sydney

Tender Overview

ReferencePCS-04785
Issued byFood Standards Australia New Zealand

About this tender

Overview Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is seeking to engage a suitably qualified supplier to undertake an enterprise data management discovery and requirements analysis. Purpose The engagement will define the requirements and assess options for replacing the existing Harvest, SILO and Branded Food Databases, while establishing capability to manage additional data holdings such as survey results, research datasets, scientific evidence, analytical outputs and other structured or semi-structured datasets. The engagement is limited to discovery, requirements development, data governance design and options analysis. It does not include acquisition, detailed design, migration or implementation of a future solution. Scope In Scope Review available documentation, configurations, interfaces, data structures and operating practices for Harvest, SILO and BFD Develop a proportionate inventory of datasets, owners, users, purposes, formats, sensitivity, quality issues, retention needs, dependencies and interfaces Map priority current-state and future-state data flows and business processes Conduct interviews and workshops across FSANZ Develop a technology-neutral Statement of Requirements, prioritised using an agreed method Define data ownership, stewardship, metadata, quality, access, lifecycle and assurance requirements Assess viable commercial, government, cloud, research data and platform-based options Identify migration, interoperability, reporting, analytics, security, privacy, records and change dependencies at a high level Provide indicative costs, benefits, risks and implementation considerations where reliable information is available Out of Scope Document management, electronic document and records management Replacement, redesign or extension of SharePoint Procurement or selection of the future solution Detailed solution architecture, configuration, software development, data cleansing, migration or implementation Commitment to a particular supplier, product, hosting model or technology ecosystem Enquiries Buyer contact: procurement@foodstandards.gov.au

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