Online voting product Social election 2029
At a glance
DRV Bund Einkaufsmanagement (Berlin, Germany) is tendering: Online voting product Social election 2029. Offers are due 5 Nov 2026, 14:00 CET. 2 lots. Bidders must show, among other things: BSI IT-Grundschutz, ISO 27001, references, key people, minimum turnover.
- 5 Nov 2026, 14:00 CET
- Deadline
- Negotiated with call
- Procedure
- Software-related services (72260000)
- Main CPV
- 2 Oct 2026
- Published
Translated from the official notice. The original text is the legally binding one.
What the buyer wants
The German Pension Insurance Federation intends to procure an online election product for the implementation of the social election 2029 as - for the first time - hybrid primary election of the German Pension Insurance Federation. The online voting product is intended to enable an IT-secure, legally secure, punctual, comprehensible, accessible and data protection compliant electronic voting and its evaluation. In addition, the integration of the online election into the additional postal ballot must be ensured. The scope of services includes the provision and operation of a full-service online voting product in the entirety of the components (such as cloud solution, online voting software, technical system environment for operation, full-service, project support, etc.) that are necessary for achieving the goals. Contract start date: 01.07.2027 or after the award of the contract end date: 31.03.2030, if no election challenge action is received In the event of a challenge to the election result, the duration of the contract shall be waived. extended on a monthly basis until the appeal is closed. Note: In June 2026, the Pension Protection Commission submitted a total of 33 recommendations to ensure long-term pension protection in Germany. The German Government has announced that it intends to implement the recommendations as soon as possible and in full. According to the current state of knowledge, an implementation could fall into the tendering/performance phase and lead to up to 75 million voters being entitled to vote electronically (or by post). In this case, it must be ensured that the scope of services is adapted accordingly (see Price Sheet, Annex 3 to the EVB-IT System Contract).
Bereitstellung und Betrieb eines Online-Wahlprodukts für die Durchführung der Sozialwahl 2029 als hybride Urwahl der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, in der Gesamtheit der Komponenten (wie Cloud-Lösung, Online-Wahlsoftware, technische Systemumgebung für den Betrieb - inkl. Gebäude bzw. Räumlichkeiten -, Full-Service, Projektbegleitung etc.)
Lots (2)
Lot 1Online voting product Social election 2029
The German Pension Insurance Federation intends to procure an online election product for the implementation of the social election 2029 as - for the first time - hybrid primary election of the German Pension Insurance Federation. The online voting product is intended to enable an IT-secure, legally secure, punctual, comprehensible, accessible and data protection compliant electronic voting and its evaluation. In addition, the integration of the online election into the additional postal ballot must be ensured. The scope of services includes the provision and operation of a full-service online voting product in the entirety of the components (such as cloud solution, online voting software, technical system environment for operation, full-service, project support, etc.) that are necessary for achieving the goals. Contract start date: 01.07.2027 or after the award of the contract end date: 31.03.2030, if no election challenge action is received In the event of a challenge to the election result, the duration of the contract shall be waived. extended on a monthly basis until the appeal is closed. Note: In June 2026, the Pension Protection Commission submitted a total of 33 recommendations to ensure long-term pension protection in Germany. The German Government has announced that it intends to implement the recommendations as soon as possible and in full. According to the current state of knowledge, an implementation could fall into the tendering/performance phase and lead to up to 75 million voters being entitled to vote electronically (or by post). In this case, it must be ensured that the scope of services is adapted accordingly (see Price Sheet, Annex 3 to the EVB-IT System Contract).
Lot 2
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At least one verifiable reference of comparable contracts from the last six years shall be submitted (exclusion criterion) (Appendix 7 References). Comparability of the references is only given if the services provided for the provision of an online voting system and the electronic execution of the election are comparable with the content of the advertised services by type and scope (at least one million voters per election).
Declaration of knowledge of required certifications/proofs, which must be available at the latest by the submission of the final offer. The certifications presented below must be available at the latest when the final offer is submitted. Already with the application for participation, the applicant has to declare in Appendix 9 that he/she accepts the requirements binding: - Certification of the online voting software according to §§ 54 para. 5 sentence 2 SGB IV, 47 para. 1 SVWO according to the protection profile BSI-CC-PP-0121 of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) - Proof of certified operating environment based on BSI IT basic protection (alternatively ISO 27001) - BSI-C5:2026 certificate according to the criteria catalogue BSI-C5 or a certificate whose standard ensures a comparable or higher security level compared to the C5 standard Note: The C5 type 1 certificate is expected to be issued from 01.01.2027 and type 2 from 01.07.2028 by the "Law for the Modernization and Digitalization of Labour Promotion". - Certification or declaration of conformity of data center sites according to BSI-INF.2 or equivalent standard (e.g. EN 50600, TIA-942) - Documentation of the architecture using UML diagrams including redundancy concept
The applicant/candidate community must have achieved an average annual net turnover of at least EUR 3,000,000 in the last three financial years, in the case of bidding communities the average net annual turnover of all participating companies, in relation to the subject matter of the tender (Appendix 8 Declarations Turnover Liability).
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