Award notice Services
Framework Agreement Direct Contributions - Lot 4: Compliance with CRA-standards and other relevant regulation
- Public buyer
- Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH
Berlin - Place of performance
- Berlin
- Estimated value
- €905,000 excl. VAT
- Amount awarded
- €905,000 excl. VAT
- Planned end of contract
- 17 July 2027
likely re-tender around January 2027 - Bids received
- 10
- Form
- Framework agreement
Multi-year contract: the buyer places orders as needs arise. - Procedure
- Open procedure
Any company may submit a bid. - Publication
- 20 August 2026
- Notice language
- English
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Description
Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH strengthens the security of open digital infrastructures. To this end, it has established various programs, including the "Sovereign Tech Resilience Program," which provides a holistic approach to protect critical digital infrastructures. This program includes, among other things, the service components 'Direct Contributions' and 'Security Audits.
The services covered by this program will extended and re-awarded in two new framework agreements with a maximum contract term of four years. The subject of this procurement procedure is the framework agreement on the services of 'Direct Contributions'. Covered with four lots, these services include the targeted technical, security-related and regulatory further development of open source software through, among other things, analyses, code changes, documentation and maintainer support.
The details are set out in the service descriptions for the respective lots.
Awarded to
CPV codes
European codes that classify what the contract is about. They are how we find the tenders for your trade.
72200000
Winning prices for comparable contracts
- A quarter below
- €143,000
- Median
- €345,516
- A quarter above
- €467,150
Amounts awarded (excl. VAT) over the last 3 years for 21 contracts in the same CPV group (7220…), excluding framework agreements. Half of the contracts fall between the two quartiles. TED source: mostly contracts above the EU thresholds, so amounts tend to be high.
Similar contracts already awarded
| Contract | Winner | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Framework Agreement Direct Contributions - Lot 2: Transition to Memory Safety Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH · 20 August 2026 |
Tweede Golf BV | €905,000 |
| Framework Agreement Direct Contributions - Lot 3: Post-Quantum Encryption Readiness Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH · 20 August 2026 |
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| Framework Agreement Software Security - Lot 2: Software Supply Chain Management Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH · 19 August 2026 |
Liquid Reply GmbH | €1,805,000 |
| Framework Agreement Software Security - Lot 1: Security Audits Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH · 19 August 2026 |
Ada Logics Ltd EY Consulting GmbH mgm security partners GmbH |
€2,715,000 |
| Framework Agreement Direct Contributions - Lot 1: Technical debt Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH · 19 August 2026 |
Badger Systems GmbH Liquid Reply GmbH Bidding consortium Open Elements GmbH (leading) / Marc Philipp / Grobmeier Solutions GmbH |
€2,040,000 |
Source : TED – Office des publications de l'Union européenne © Union européenne, données retraitées. Reference 575781-2026.