Appointment of an External Data Protection Officer Tender - 139641374

Procurement Summary

Country: Germany

Summary: Appointment of an External Data Protection Officer for the Federal External Reporting Office in Accordance with Section 19 Paragraph 1 of the Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinschg)

Deadline: 18 May 2026

Posting Date: 16 Apr 2026

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 139641374

Document Ref. No.: 2026 0000 1123

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

79140000 - Legal advisory and information services

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Tender Details

The aim of the tender is to appoint an external data protection officer for the external reporting office. The specific services required are based on the legal requirements of Articles 38, 39 of the GDPR and Sections 5 to 7 BDSG. The legal tasks of the future data protection officer must be carried out on the basis of the applicable data protection laws, while respecting the whistleblower-specific regulations and special features in a field that has not yet been developed legally take place. This includes, for example, that the responsible body is subject to whistleblower-specific confidentiality obligations, which are likely to affect the performance of the duties of the designated data protection officer and that in many cases Legal questions, especially the relationship between data protection law and whistleblower protection law, shape the work of the external reporting office. The sensitivity of the data processed in the external reporting office, the vulnerability and the high need for protection of the persons affected by the processing, the special legal confidentiality requirements of the HinSchG in §§ 8 and 9 and 40 paragraph 1 HinSchG as well as the expectations of the public and the informing persons with regard to the integrity of the Data processing by the external reporting office requires the appointment of a person qualified to serve as a judge and requires the appointment of a person subject to professional secrecy or a similarly qualified person as external Data protection officer/external data protection officer of the external reporting office of the federal government. In this context, the federal external reporting office strives to provide accompanying advice and support at a legally high level with an understanding of the concerns of people providing information and their particular situation. For this purpose, an experienced and competent contractor should be recruited, with experience with the Whistleblower Protection Act or the Directive...
Type of procedure: Bonn

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