Supply of Ab Initio Metadata Management Software for NHS Digital's National Data Architecture Programme

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NHS Digital awarded a contract to Ab Initio Software Limited for the use of Ab Initio's metadata management software to support the Beta stage of the National Data Architecture (NDA) programme.

The software provides metadata management capabilities including data attribute information, an authoritative metadata catalogue, source-to-destination linking, attribute relationships, tagging, versioning, cardinality relationships, reference data linking, and intelligent data ingestion from sources such as Excel, XML, databases, data warehouses, schemas, SQL, and ETL.

The contract, valued at AUD 734,000, was awarded as a single tender action because a prior procurement in 2017 did not result in an award and a 2018 proof of concept indicated further exploratory work was needed before a full requirement could be drafted.

A Prior Information Notice (PIN ref: 2018/S 239-545971) was published in December 2018 to allow future open competition.