Dienstleistungen Anwendungsentwicklung

The contract timeline is as follows:

The contract is expected to begin on January 4, 2027. The estimated end date for the contract is December 31, 2030. This implies an initial duration of approximately 4 years. The framework agreement includes an option for extension, allowing it to be prolonged 2 times, each for 1 year, under the same conditions, unless the client terminates it with a 3-month notice period before its expiration. However, it is also explicitly stated that the framework agreement will conclude at the latest after 4 years, without requiring any further termination. No specific key milestones or phases beyond the start, end, and extension options are mentioned.

The core scope of work for this tender involves providing services in the development and maintenance of applications, predominantly web applications and to a lesser extent mobile applications. These services are to be carried out within the StMELF's reference architectures, specifically Racy10 (based on Java, Apache Wicket, Spring, and JPA frameworks) and Racy25 (based on Java, TypeScript, Angular, Spring, and JPA frameworks).

A high-level summary of the Statement of Work and core deliverables includes:

• Conception, development, maintenance, and support of various applications, primarily e-government applications.
• Design, development, and maintenance of applications related to agricultural and forestry funding, and regional development, including German-language documentation.
• Implementation of quality assurance measures, such as code reviews and tests, for both contractor-developed and third-party code.
• Web design, including HTML/CSS and ensuring accessibility.
• Maintenance and further development of the "Racy10" and "Racy25" standard architectures, along with their associated software libraries and base modules.
• Performance and error analysis for existing applications.
• Creation and implementation of standards and concepts related to architecture, performance, and security.
• Provision and configuration of the development and build environment, including tools like IntelliJ, Bitbucket, Gradle, Bamboo, Jira, Artifactory, and SonarQube.
• Development of supporting scripts using Python.
• Conducting technical presentations.
• Processing of BSI basic protection modules.
• Consulting and administration tasks covering all aspects of application development, from requirements specification, architecture, design, implementation, documentation, and testing, to operational IT aspects like performance and error handling.
• Consulting on development processes, such as the provision of development environments and deployment.
• The total estimated effort for these services is approximately 75,000 hours over a four-year period.