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Framework agreement for support of testing and acceptance in the GeFa program

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Original title: Rahmenvertrag zur Unterstützung der Tests und der Abnahme im Programm GeFa

Länder des Entwicklungsverbundes bestehend aus den …

Published: Oct 18, 2026

Updated: Oct 22, 2026

Source: service.bund.de (Germany)

About This Opportunity

This is a consulting contract in the information and communication technology sector, with a focus on Software and Cloud Services. Located in Germany, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums.

Published through service.bund.de (Germany), a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for consulting in the information and communication technology sector. Consulting assignments are typically evaluated with a strong emphasis on the technical proposal, including the methodology and qualifications of key experts. Shortlisted firms may be invited to submit financial proposals in a second stage. Interested parties should review the full documentation on the original source before submitting their proposal.

Description

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Contracting authority: States of the development network consisting of the 16 federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice Note: service.bund.de is only the publication platform for tenders; the responsibility for the content and correctness of individual offers (and thus also for the duration of publication, its premature termination, for the specification of publication dates and offer deadlines) lies exclusively with the respective tendering organization. Therefore, please use exclusively the contact details of the tendering institution from the announcement if you: The present contract comprises the award of "Testing and Acceptance" within the scope of the nationwide software project "GeFa". The subject is the independent provision and permanent operation of a highly available test environment including CI/CD pipeline, as well as support in setting up a client-side acceptance test environment. In addition, comprehensive test support services are provided in an agile development environment with several parallel working Scrum teams. The contractor must provide and keep available at all times a consultant pool of over 60 specialists to be named individually. This pool includes, among others, Software Test Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Test Managers, Configuration Managers, specialists for accessibility, IT security and data protection, database specialists, cloud architects, and test coordinators. All consultants must have demonstrable, in some cases long-standing, relevant professional experience and mandatory certifications, including ISTQB Advanced Level, IPMA, ITIL, and DevOps Institute. Services are rendered in conjunction with other external service providers for requirements gathering and software development. They are subject to strict Service Level Agreements, including a minimum availability of the test environment of 99% and binding recovery times. Furthermore, very high quality requirements are placed on accessibility (DIN EN 301 549), IT security (BSI-Grundschutz, ISO 27001, OWASP), ergonomics, and software quality (ISO 25010). The contractor must continuously verify compliance with these through appropriate testing procedures.

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from service.bund.de (Germany) and was originally published on October 18, 2026. Last refreshed 15 days ago. Original language: German. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About Länder des Entwicklungsverbundes bestehend aus den …

Länder des Entwicklungsverbundes bestehend aus den … has issued 3 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 3 currently open and 0 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Information & Communication Technology. All notices are published for Germany. Notices are distributed via service.bund.de (Germany). Most recent publication: October 18, 2026.

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What type of contract is this?

This is a Consulting contract in the Information & Communication Technology sector. The classification helps bidders match the opportunity to their qualifications and registered scope of supply.

Where will the contract be performed?

The contract is for delivery in Germany. Foreign bidders should review local registration, taxation, and any in-country presence requirements before submitting.

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This notice was issued by Länder des Entwicklungsverbundes bestehend aus den … in Germany. The authority is responsible for evaluating bids, awarding the contract, and managing performance.