Implementation of IT Financial Management (ITFM)

KfW BankengruppeFrankfurt am Main, GermanyNotice 770873-2026 · Reference number: KfW-2026-0035

At a glance

KfW Bankengruppe (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is tendering: Implementation of IT Financial Management (ITFM). Offers are due 7 Dec 2026, 10:00 CET. 48-month contract. Bidders must show, among other things: references, key people, minimum turnover.

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Key facts

Deadline
not published
Estimated value
48 months
Duration
Negotiated with call
Procedure
5 Nov 2026
Published
770873-2026
Notice number
KfW-2026-0035
Reference number
Application service providers (72416000)
Main CPV
DE712
Place of performance (NUTS)

The buyer did not publish an estimated value in the notice.

Dates

Every date of the notice and its changes, in order. Times: Brussels / Warsaw.

  1. Notice published

  2. Deadline for questions

  3. Deadline for offers

What the buyer wants

KfW IT intends to procure IT financial management (ITFM) software available on the market and suitable for productive use to support the existing IT cost management and IT controlling objectives defined by KfW. The software will be used as a central solution for planning, controlling, analyzing, billing and transparent presentation of IT costs and services.

The solution is intended in particular to enable the mapping and further development of an IT cost management oriented to established standards, in particular the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework. Among other things, cost and performance data from different source systems can be integrated, harmonised and evaluated along defined structures.

The software should thus create a uniform and transparent basis for planning, forecasting, costing, benchmarking and reporting of IT costs and IT services in order to control technology-related decisions in a data-based, efficient and business-oriented manner. The Contractor owes the following services: i. Provision of software with a specified scope of function and use ii. Implementation of a project for the introduction of the software at KfW iii. Operation of the software "as a service" iv. Technical and technical support during the operational phase of cessation support

CPV codes

  • 72416000Application service providersmain
  • 72261000Software support services
  • 72212440Financial analysis and accounting software development services

Conditions for participation & required documents

What the notice asks bidders to prove, and the documents it requires. Full text below.

Conditions in the notice

  • ReferencesSimilar contracts delivered before
  • Key peopleNamed roles, CVs or minimum team
  • Minimum turnoverMinimum annual turnover or financial standing

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Minimum Requirement Eligibility: The net annual turnover in the field of activity of the contract (= licensing/software provision, operation/hosting, maintenance/maintenance, support/training and adaptation/development of the offered ITFM solution) of the applicant/candidate community must each be at least 5 million in each of the last three calendar years (2024, 2025, 2026). It was EUR.

(For the calendar years 2024 and 2025, the reference period from the beginning of January to the end of December shall apply); for the calendar year 2026, the reference period shall be from the beginning of January to the end of November 2026.

The eligibility criteria can be found under the following link. https://wahlen.kfw.de/evergabe.bieter/api/supplier/external/subproject/07d85807-ea21-4980-a174-149fb553a28f/suitabilitycriteria Selection criterion (for points, see scoring matrix for the competition in the award documents): Staggered by net annual turnover in the field of activity of the contract (= licensing/software provision, operation/hosting, maintenance/maintenance, support/training and adaptation/further development of the ITFM solution offered) of the applicant/candidate.

Minimum Requirement Eligibility: In each of the last three calendar years (2024, 2025, 2026), the applicant/candidate community must have an average of at least 50 employees in the areas of IT product consultancy regarding the offered product, IT product development regarding the offered product, and IT product support regarding the offered product.

(For the calendar years 2024 and 2025, the reference period from the beginning of January to the end of December shall apply); for the calendar year 2026, the reference period shall be from the beginning of January to the end of November 2026.

The eligibility criteria can be found under the following link. https://wahlen.kfw.de/evergabe.bieter/api/supplier/external/subproject/07d85807-ea21-4980-a174-149fb553a28f/suitabilitycriteria Selection criterion (for points, see the scoring matrix for the competition in the award documents): points, provided that the applicant/candidate has had at least 100 employees in each of the last three calendar years (2024, 2025, 2026) in the areas of IT product consulting regarding the offered product, IT product development regarding the offered product, and IT product support regarding the offered product.

Minimum Requirement Eligibility: The applicant/candidate community must have on average employed at least the following number of staff in each of the last three calendar years (2024, 2025, 2026).

(For the calendar years 2024 and 2025, the reference period from the beginning of January to the end of December shall apply); for the calendar year 2026, the reference period is from the beginning of January to the end of November 2026.) - for the role "Project Manager" at least 3 employees, each (i.e. per employee) cumulatively meeting the minimum requirements for the role "Project Manager". - For the role "Business Consultant" at least 3 employees who each (i.e. per employee) cumulatively meet the minimum requirements for the role "Business Consultant". - For the role "Technical Consultant" at least 3 employees who each (i.e. per employee) cumulatively meet the minimum requirements for the role "Technical Consultant".

(Double counting is not allowed, i.e. a natural person may be credited to a maximum of one role.) The eligibility criteria can be found under the following link. https://wahlen.kfw.de/evergabe.bieter/api/supplier/external/subproject/07d85807-ea21-4980-a174-149fb553a28f/suitabilitycriteria

Minimum requirement Eligibility: I. Requirements for comparability a The reference services provided must have at least included the introduction and production (technical and technical go-live) of the offered ITFM solution. b The total amount of reference services provided must have been at least 300 person-days. Additional minimum requirements 1 The applicant/community has submitted at least three comparable references. A reference is comparable if it meets all the requirements of point I., point (a-b).

The applicant/candidate community has submitted at least one comparable reference where the introduction and production (technical and technical go live) of the offered ITFM solution has taken place since 2023. 3) The applicant/candidate community has submitted at least one comparable reference in which the reference provider for the offered ITFM solution is regulated by BaFin. 4) The applicant/candidate community has submitted at least two comparable references in which the ITFM solution offered has been introduced for a financial services company. 5) The applicant/candidate community has submitted at least one comparable reference where the provision, maintenance and support services to the ITFM solution offered have been and are being provided continuously by the applicant/candidate community over a period of at least 5 years.

The eligibility criteria can be found under the following link. https://wahlen.kfw.de/evergabe.bieter/api/supplier/external/subproject/07d85807-ea21-4980-a174-149fb553a28f/suitabilitycriteria Selection criterion (for points, see the scoring matrix for the competition in the award documents): i) Points for each comparable reference, with an IT expenditure volume ("IT Spend under Management") greater than or equal to 100 million managed annually with the offered solution.

Euro. ii points for each comparable reference performance in which the reference provider is regulated by BaFin or is supervised and which goes beyond the minimum number (see point II., no. 3) (iii)) for any comparable reference service where provision, maintenance and support services to the ITFM solution offered have been and are being provided continuously by the applicant/candidate community for a period of at least 5 years and which goes beyond the minimum number (see point II., no. 5).

Selection criterion (for points, see the classification matrix for the competition in the award documents): points for meeting requirements for CO2 saving/compensation and for meeting requirements for working time and place, education and training.

Options, renewals, framework

  • Renewals: foreseen
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Conditions in this notice

  • Key peopleyour team matched to the required rolesNot in your profile yet
  • Referencessimilar contracts from your history matched to the conditionIn your profile
  • Minimum turnoverturnover from your financial statements against the thresholdNeeds a look

This tender's facts

  • Price — 50% of the scoreyour price against past winning bidsNeeds a look
  • The evaluation of the performance criteria is carried out in… — 50% of the scoreevidence ready for this award criterionIn your profile
  • Who wins at this buyerrecently: SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH, AUREX GmbH — 4 different winners in the last 6 awardsNeeds a look

Typical for: Managed services

  • Service levels (SLA)availability, response and penalty terms you can meetNeeds a look
  • Information securityISO/IEC 27001 or equivalent controlsExpires before the deadline
  • Service and data locationwhere the service runs and where data is keptNeeds a look
  • Business continuitybackups, disaster recovery and an exit planIn your profile

Registers — checked automatically

  • Handelsregistercompany active, managing directors matchVerified
  • Transparenzregister (beneficial owners)entry matches the shareholdersVerified
  • Wettbewerbsregister (exclusions)no entry that excludes you from public contractsVerified
  • EU VAT (VIES)number active in VIESVerified
  • LEI (GLEIF)LEI issued and renewed, data matches the registerVerified
  • Sanctions screeningcompany and owners not listedVerified

Award criteria

The full criteria and their weights, as published in the notice.

  • Price50%
  • The evaluation of the performance criteria is carried out in accordance with the evaluation matrix for the bidding phase and applicable documents.50%

    Performance criteria: catalogue of criteria, presentation of use cases, introduction concept

Buyer

KfW Bankengruppe

Address
Palmengartenstr. 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Region (NUTS)
DE712
Website
kfw.de
Official contact address
[email protected]
The functional mailbox published in the notice. We never publish personal data.

Register identifiers

EU VAT
FD94ACA1-1B6D-46BF-8AF7-A7CF556A74F7
Registration no. in the notice
fd94aca1-1b6d-46bf-8af7-a7cf556a74f7

What this buyer bought before

123 IT contract award notices 2017–2026, €42m in total.

  • Nutanix HCI Software

    Winner: SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH · 1 bid

    value left out (implausible in the notice)

    11 Aug 2026

  • Personaldienstleistungen und Softwarepflegeleistungen im cobra CRM-Umfeld

    Winner: AUREX GmbH · 1 bid

    value left out (implausible in the notice)

    7 Jul 2026

  • Beschaffung einer PAM-Software

    Winner: Computacenter AG & Co oHG · 10 bids

    value left out (implausible in the notice)

    21 May 2026

  • Übergreifende Fachberatung (Los 2)

    Winner: Accenture GmbH +5 more contractors · 8 bids

    value left out (implausible in the notice)

    12 May 2026

  • Ersatzbeschaffung für den Mainframe IBM Z

    Winner: SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH · 1 bid

    €21.5m

    30 Apr 2026

  • Lieferung und Instandhaltung von Server-Hardware (x86)

    Winner: SVA Systemvertrieb Alexander GmbH · 1 bid

    value left out (implausible in the notice)

    5 Mar 2026

How to submit an offer

Offers are submitted only on the buyer's platform, before the deadline for offers.

Questions & answers

What is the deadline for offers in "Implementation of IT Financial Management (ITFM)"?

Offers are due by 7 Dec 2026, 10:00 CET.

What is the estimated value?

The buyer did not publish an estimated value in the notice.

Who is the buyer?

KfW Bankengruppe (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

Where and how do I submit an offer?

Offers are submitted electronically on https://ausschreibungen.kfw.de/evergabe.bieter/api/supplier/external/deeplink/subproject/07d85807-ea21-4980-a174-149fb553a28f.

How are offers scored?

Price 50%, The evaluation of the performance criteria is carried out in accordance with the evaluation matrix for the bidding phase and applicable documents. 50%.

Which procedure is used?

Negotiated with call.

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Source: Tenders Electronic Daily (TED), Official Journal of the EU. SalesDots is not the contracting authority; offers are submitted only through the buyer's platform. Data from the official notice, refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 05:46 CET.