This procurement builds upon the Waikato District Data Transformation Strategy, aligning with operations. It addresses the evolving needs within Business Intelligence (BI), Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), and cloud-based data integration, and aims to establish a flexible, responsive supplier panel.

Through strategic partnerships and structured knowledge transfer, the plan seeks to enhance service delivery, reduce initiative backlogs, and increase internal capabilities, supporting WDC's commitment to long-term community engagement and sustainable, data-driven decision-making.

By leveraging a mix of local and global suppliers, this procurement plan focuses on creating a cost effective, cloud-first infrastructure that can support real-time data processing and secure integration seeking include efficient service delivery, an internal team to independently manage core BI and Geospatial operations in alignment with the council's growth and community objectives.

This project has outputs that align to achieving -term strategies/plans including: