Data catalog and related expert services

The City of Helsinki in Finland from Europe region has released this tender for The subject of the procurement is a centralized and unified solution that supports the strategic goals of the City of Helsinki in data utilization, digitalization and data-based decision-making. The solution to be procured is intended for use by the City of Helsinki's departments and businesses. The ready-made solution must be implemented as a SaaS service (cloud-based solution). The solution to be procured will be delivered as a comprehensive service including a fixed implementation project, continuous service support and maintenance, and separately ordered expert work. The scope of the procurement is detailed in the request for tender and its annexes. The City of Helsinki's operations continuously generate and utilize large amounts of data, and data asset management is fragmented across different departments and businesses. The aforementioned administrative units have different practices and capabilities in managing data descriptive information, or metadata, which makes it difficult to obtain an overall picture. Several standardized metadata models are in use, but their application and management vary, which complicates the joint use and integration of data. Metadata is not centrally managed and there is no framework for it. Data ownership practices vary by administrative municipality, which can affect data sharing, data quality maintenance, and the definition of responsibilities. This prevents the efficient use and sharing of data between different administrative municipalities and leads to a strongly personal understanding of the data, which poses risks to the continuity of data management. Although financial and HR data in particular are already shared, the city's extensive data assets are not fully utilized. There is so much data that its potential is not always seen, and data sharing does not take place systematically or at the city level. Some of the city's older systems do not support modern data modeling and integration needs, while newer systems do. Vocabulary management is mainly decentralized by administrative municipality, and there is no centralized management model in place. This makes data consistency difficult. In addition, data mobility between systems is not fully controlled. Transferring information between different systems can be challenging, which can lead to data loss, incorrect information, or delays in decision-making. To address these challenges, the City of Helsinki has initiated data management development work, which includes the procurement of a city-wide data catalogue. The purpose of the data catalogue is to provide a centralised solution for the management, discoverability and comprehensibility of the city's data assets. The purpose of the solution to be procured is to support data-based decision-making. The contract is valid for a fixed term of two (2) years from the date of its signing. After this, the contract will continue to be valid indefinitely. The subject of the procurement is described in more detail in this call for tenders and its annexes. The City of Helsinki does not commit to any procurement quantities. with tender notice no. 651161-2026 published on 24 Sep 2026. The tender is due to expire on 02 Oct 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Information systems and servers. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 14953293.