REALAI in Learning and Teaching
Tender Overview
About this tender
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking early market insights on enterprise-grade GenAI SaaS tools for Learning and Teaching (Stream 2). This activity supports the REAL AI project to identify, evaluate and procure external Artificial Intelligence tools that address 48 validated use cases not served by QUT’s internal Cogniti platform (Stream 1). The procurement will assess vendor solutions against validated functional requirements across pedagogy, privacy, data sovereignty, security, integration and cost-effectiveness, resulting in contracted tools ready for pilot deployment and scale across faculties. All queries relating to this tender must be received by the above email by 22/07/2026. Please ensure all emails relating to this tender indicate the tender name and number in the subject of the email.
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