Specifications include, but are not limited to: In this context, the State is seeking a strategic partner to assist in refining its overall data analytics strategy, including but not limited to: 1. Privacy and data sharing 2. Data staging and repositories 3. Security 4. Governance 5. Integration 6. Data discovery To this end, the State is seeking an expert firm to assist in refining the technical architecture of the data lake and in defining the framework and guidelines for movement into and out of either the State’s private data lake or cloud platform. Additionally, in light of the variety of tools (open source and otherwise) available on the market, the State requires expertise in defining guidelines for proper deployment of tools and technologies to meet the goal of analytical projects being focused on functional domain expertise while also maintaining governance over enterprise services and technologies.