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Award of Data platform implementation partner. The University is seeking to design, build and implement a modern, enterprise-grade data platform to replace the existing on-premises Oracle data warehouse. The new platform will provide a scalable, secure and future-ready foundation capable of supporting the full ecosystem of data ingestion, transformation, semantic modelling, operational reporting, strategic insights, and AI-enabled analytical capabilities. The platform will form a critical foundation for decision making across the University, supporting academic operations, student lifecycle management, finance, HR, research and other domains. It will empower approximately 4,000 internal users while indirectly supporting services that impact more than 20,000 students. The solution will be developed using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric as the strategic technology stack. It must deliver high levels of scalability, improved data accessibility, and automation, alongside advanced analytics capabilities. The platform will also be designed to support future integration of AI agents and LLM-based natural language querying, enabling more intuitive and democratised access to insights. A

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