Germany – Custom software development services – Rahmenvereinbarung über agile Softwareentwicklungsleistungen für die digitale zdi-Systemlandschaft

The matrix Gesellschaft für Beratung in Wirtschaft, Politik und Verwaltung mbH & Co. KG, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, operates the State Office of the joint initiative Zukunft durch Innovation.NRW (zdi.NRW). It will enter into a framework agreement with a company for agile software development services for the digital zdi system landscape, with the primary system mein.zdi.nrw. Scope: further development, new development, integration, migration, maintenance and support, as well as technical operational support in a binding technology stack (PHP and Symfony with API Platform, Vue.js and Nuxt.js, PostgreSQL; connection to Authentik, Airbyte, Apache Superset and Open WebUI). The services will be called up via performance releases, remunerated on a fixed hourly rate basis according to the effort expended, and generally provided remotely. Duration and scope: from award, presumably end of December 2026; performance releases until 31 December 2030, settlement until 28 February 2031. Total maximum value 415,000 Euro net without minimum purchase. No division into lots, no alternative bids. Procedure: The contracting entity is not a public contracting entity within the meaning of § 99 GWB. It conducts the procedure voluntarily in accordance with an open procedure pursuant to the VgV; the award documents are decisive. Negotiations will not take place. There will be no review procedure before the awarding chamber. Suitability: no grounds for exclusion (in accordance with §§ 123 and 124 GWB); professional or business liability insurance with at least 1,000,000 Euro per claim, also for pure financial losses; at least two comparable reference projects from the last three years; core team with the roles of software architect / technical lead, senior developer, developer and DevOps / system integration according to the minimum requirements of the service description; secure communication in the German language; technical and organisational measures in accordance with Art. 32 DSGVO. Bidder groups are allowed. Award criteria: evaluation price 40 percent, quality 60 percent (development and quality assurance concept 20, core team and technical fit 15, cooperation, governance and performance releases 10, efficiency, automation and AI integration 10, maintenance, support, documentation and knowledge transfer 5). Data protection: The contracting entity processes the data of the zdi system landscape as a processor for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia; the contractor will be a further processor. Its use requires the consent of the State. Persons with access to personal data will be formally committed in accordance with the Obligation Act before the first access. Services with access to personal data will be provided by employees of the contractor; subcontractors and companies of the eligibility loan will not have access to such data. Documents and deadlines: The award documents are available free of charge, complete and without registration, for download from the internet address given in this notice. Questions by Wednesday, 25 November 2026. Submission deadline: Monday, 7 December 2026, 10:00. Binding period until Friday, 5 February 2027. Communication, questions and submission of tenders exclusively in text form by e-mail to [email protected]; tenders in German. The award will not be made before the expiry of ten calendar days after the information of the bidders.