How to win: Strategic Research and Advisory Support of IT and Cyber

About this contract

Wales & West Utilities (WWU) seeks to procure a Data Advisory Services partner capable of providing expert, independent, and actionable guidance across data strategy, governance, analytics, architecture, and emerging technologies. The partner must deliver trusted, vendor neutral advisory services that support IT, Cyber, Risk, Asset, and Business functions in making evidence based decisions and maturing WWU's data capabilities. WWU is continuously modernising its IT and data landscape and requires a research and advisory partner to support. WWU currently has a partner providing these services, however this tender is driven by the need to reengage with the market after many years since its last tender. − Data governance improvements − Data driven decision making • Technology roadmap planning • Benchmarking against industry standards • Cyber risk and compliance alignment • Adoption of modern data platforms and architectures − Subject Matter Expertise in CIO levels, Cyber, IT Vendor Management and Architecture and toolkits to support these functions − Access to domain specific conferences

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Wales & West Utilities Limited scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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