Setup of an Apache Kafka platform, phase II

Overview

Techniker Krankenkasse has published an open tender under the VgV for support in setting up a standardised Apache Kafka event-streaming platform based on the Confluent Platform. The services include support for building the platform, knowledge transfer, the enterprise functions and Kafka connectors the buyer needs, and software maintenance and support. The contract runs for 48 months and can be extended. Offers are scored 40 percent on price and 60 percent on the quality of the service, judged on a rough concept and staff profiles submitted with the offer. The offer deadline is 23 November 2026 at 12:00.

Information based on the public notice

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What the buyer needs

An open tender by Techniker Krankenkasse under the VgV for a service and software package to build a standardised Kafka event-streaming platform on the Confluent Platform, delivered for Hamburg. It combines platform setup support and knowledge transfer with licensed enterprise functions, connectors, and software maintenance and support.

• Submit the offer electronically through the buyer's platform in German.
• Provide a rough concept (Anlage A3) and staff profiles (Anlagen A2.1 to A2.3) with the offer; quality is scored against the buyer's assessment matrix (Anlage W2).
• Provide the security the procedure page requires.

Tender details

Buyer

Techniker Krankenkasse

Country

Germany

Procedure

Open procedure under the VgV

Classification

IT, software and telecoms

Notice reference

CXR0YYRY655

Offer deadline

23 November 2026, 12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Subject

Support for setting up a Kafka platform on the Confluent Platform, with knowledge transfer, enterprise functions, connectors, software maintenance and support

Award weighting

Price 40%; quality of the service 60%

Contract period

48 months, extension possible

Security

A security is required under the procedure page

What to check in the tender documents

• The estimated value is not shown on the procedure page.
• The price sheet, the quality matrix and the detailed requirements are in the tender documents, which are not part of this public notice record.
• The amount and form of the required security are not stated on the procedure page.

Original notice

Official source: Vergabeportal der Techniker Krankenkasse (vergabe.tk.de), public overview and procedure-details pages for CXR0YYRY655 ↗