EOI - Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Planning
Tender Overview
About this tender
Through this EOI, Council is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced Respondents who wish to enter into the Contract with Council, and then become responsible for performing the Activities in accordance with the Contract. It is currently expected that the proposed scope of the Activities will be those described in Section Dof this EOI, and the Contract will be in the form described in Section Cof this EOI. Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for the provision of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution to support development application lodgement, gateway review and administrative quality assurance activities. The proposed solution is expected to support functions such as document and information extraction, validation and quality assurance checks, identification of missing or incomplete information, workflow support and reporting capabilities. Council is seeking a solution that improves efficiency, consistency and customer experience while maintaining appropriate governance, transparency, auditability and human oversight. The solution is not intended to make planning determinations, adequacy assessments or statutory decisions, which will remain the responsibility of appropriately qualified Council officers.
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