• The contract, procured by public-sector cooperative govdigital eG, covers Berlin, ​Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and ​Rhineland-Palatinate, with other states able to join
• Pricing ‌is ⁠structured in five tiers based on active users, ranging from up to 50,000 to more than 500,000. No school authority has to commit to a set volume up front, so each can begin with its current users and grow from there
• The maximum value of ​the framework ​agreement is €67.5 ⁠million, according to the federal government’s official procurement portal
• The solution is ​based on IONOS Nextcloud Workspace, combining ​file ⁠storage, document collaboration and communication tools, the companies said
• The platform will run exclusively in ⁠German ​data centres on open-source ​technology, without non-European dependencies

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