Czech public bodies must keep records in state-certified software from January

Ministries, hospitals and universities that miss the date risk a fine.agenturacas.gov.czČAS — when a public body must actually be running an attested eSSL (another site)The state agency that issues the attests puts the date in one sentence: a public-law originator must be running records management in an attested eSSL no later than 1 January 2027.Regulation · This summer 19 public bodies tendered for records software.TEDted.europa.euTED — SÚKL records system (~€1.4M), and the wave around it (another site)An open competition by the state drug agency, inside ~28 records-management procurement records from ~19 distinct public buyers (~€17M) in ten weeks — with SÚRAO republishing four times.Tender ·

Good for Someone who can migrate office data and sell through public tenders.

Category
Govtech
Entry
Very hard
Verified

The opportunity

1/2 · Some pain

Every Czech public body must keep its official records in state-certified software from 1 January 2027.agenturacas.gov.czČAS — when a public body must actually be running an attested eSSL (another site)The state agency that issues the attests puts the date in one sentence: a public-law originator must be running records management in an attested eSSL no later than 1 January 2027.Regulation ·

  • Only four Czech records systems hold the state certificate.Market checkagenturacas.gov.czAttested eSSL supplier scan (another site)The state publishes the roster of attested records systems, and four Czech suppliers are on it — GORDIC's GINIS, ICZ.DMS's e-spis, Seyfor's ELDAx and MIT Consulting's MIT ERMS — with a dozen more Czech systems not yet attested.Market check ·
  • About a dozen more Czech records systems do not hold it.Market checkagenturacas.gov.czAttested eSSL supplier scan (another site)The state publishes the roster of attested records systems, and four Czech suppliers are on it — GORDIC's GINIS, ICZ.DMS's e-spis, Seyfor's ELDAx and MIT Consulting's MIT ERMS — with a dozen more Czech systems not yet attested.Market check ·
  • Since July 2025 suppliers may not offer public bodies an uncertified system.epravo.czThe eSSL attestation regime (§69b–e, Act 499/2004) (another site)Legal commentary on the gate: since 1 July 2025 suppliers may not offer non-attested records systems to public-law originators, and the transitional period for those bodies runs out at the end of 2026.Regulation ·

Suggested solution

Build a migration service that moves a public body's records into certified software, every file and its history intact.

Why now

3/3 · Deadline with penalties

Public bodies must be on certified records software by 1 January 2027, and some have already tendered for it more than once.2 sourcesTEDted.europa.euTED — SÚKL records system (~€1.4M), and the wave around it (another site)An open competition by the state drug agency, inside ~28 records-management procurement records from ~19 distinct public buyers (~€17M) in ten weeks — with SÚRAO republishing four times.Tender · agenturacas.gov.czČAS — when a public body must actually be running an attested eSSL (another site)The state agency that issues the attests puts the date in one sentence: a public-law originator must be running records management in an attested eSSL no later than 1 January 2027.Regulation ·

Willing to pay

2/2 · Clear signs

Public bodies already pay to have their records moved into certified software, inside their contracts with the certified vendors.Registr smluvsmlouvy.gov.czRegistr smluv — public bodies paying to move their records, 2024 to 2026 (another site)The public contracts register shows public bodies paying to have their records moved into certified software inside their vendor contracts, and one ministry buying records moves as separate orders.Contract ·

Per project

One purchase

Validated abroad

2/3 · Proven once

One Norwegian company sells records software certified by Norway's national archives, and has grown on that certificate.

Where it works: NO — home market CZNOCZ
  1. Documaster (another site)Based in Norway

Market gap

0/2 · Crowded

Four Czech vendors already hold the certificate, and a free state-backed system serves the smallest towns.Market checkagenturacas.gov.czAttested eSSL supplier scan (another site)The state publishes the roster of attested records systems, and four Czech suppliers are on it — GORDIC's GINIS, ICZ.DMS's e-spis, Seyfor's ELDAx and MIT Consulting's MIT ERMS — with a dozen more Czech systems not yet attested.Market check ·

New, selling this: OSS Alliance, T-MAPY (TESS Online). Established, selling this: GEOVAP (since 1991), GORDIC (GINIS) (since 1993), MIT Consulting (MIT ERMS) (since 1998), Seyfor (ELDAx) (since 2013), ICZ.DMS (e-spis) (since 2017). New, selling something nearby: nobody on file. Established, selling something nearby: GRADUAL SYSTEMS (since 2007).

Execution difficulty

0/3 · Very hard

Makes it easier

  • A legal date forces every public body to act.
  • Some already tender and pay for records systems.

Makes it harder

  • Every buyer buys by public tender.
  • A records system needs the state certificate before it is offered, and four Czech vendors hold one.
  • Tender and certificate cycles run before the first invoice.

Suggested first moves

  1. Call the IT heads of the public bodies that published their records-system tender more than once, and ask why it had to run again.
  2. Build a migration service that moves a public body's records, every file and its history, off an uncertified system and onto a certified one.
  3. Open every conversation with the date and the fine, because both come straight from the law.