Development of an IT system for processing employment applications and remunerating freelance employees (ABBA)

Summary

The tender concerns the development of a new IT system for processing employment applications and remunerating freelance employees, replacing the Norddeutscher Rundfunk’s approximately 30-year-old ABBA system. The current system is used by around 1,200 people and is to be replaced due in particular to the foreseeable end of Oracle support, performance and usability weaknesses, limited support for cross-cost-centre remuneration processes, and inadequate cross-system reporting. The tender deadline is 7 September 2026. Precise exclusion, qualification and compliance requirements were not included in the machine-readable notice and must be checked in the official tender documents.