Drawing Management Solution
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Shoalhaven City Council invites tenders from suitably qualified respondents for the provision of a drawing management solution, inclusive but not limited to engineering, landscape and architectural drawings. Purpose The intent of this Request for Tender (RFT) is to identify a solution and delivery partner that can improve the management, storage, retrieval, governance and ongoing use of drawing management information across Council. The RFT seeks a contemporary and scalable platform that supports Council's engineering and infrastructure functions, strengthens information governance, and enables efficient access to trusted drawing and related asset information for business, operational and project purposes. Scope The scope includes: Provision of a drawing management solution, including engineering, landscape and architectural drawings Provision of software for the drawing management solution Implementation services Configuration of the solution Data migration Knowledge transfer Training Instructions to Tenderers Council may use this process to shortlist respondents, conduct clarification discussions, invite shortlisted respondents to present demonstrations, and enter negotiations with one or more preferred respondents prior to contract award.
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