Many organizations are forced to manage separate systems for traditional reporting and new AI projects, leading to duplicate data, inconsistent rules, and higher costs. The Evaluation Checklist: Unified Data & AI Platform is a practical tool designed to help you evaluate solutions that bring these two worlds together into a single, governed environment.

This checklist is specifically built to support your market research and can be used as a direct plug-in for an RFX. It helps you move past the “AI hype” by providing a structured way to score vendors on their ability to reduce your technical burden while keeping your data secure and audit-ready.

Why This Matters for Your Agency

• Consolidate and Save: Identify opportunities to eliminate duplicate storage and “integration taxes” by moving toward a platform that handles both data engineering and AI in one place.

• Simplify Your Requirements: Use the pre-built criteria to define exactly what your agency needs for data governance, security, and reliability before you start a formal procurement.

• Run a Better Pilot: Access a framework for designing a 30-day pilot that focuses on measurable mission outcomes rather than just testing technical features.

• Make a Defensible Choice: Move from subjective “gut feelings” to a comparative scoring model that gives your procurement team a clear, documented trail for your final selection.

This tool is a must-have for IT and Data leaders tasked with modernizing legacy infrastructure, Security and Compliance officers ensuring AI safety, and Procurement Teams who need objective requirements to shape an upcoming solicitation.