---
id: "back-end-tender"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "back-end tender"
language: "en"
category: "Pricing and business"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-tender/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/licitacion-back-end-registro/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/backend-ausschreibung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/appel-offres-back-end-registre/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/gara-back-end-registro/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/licitacao-back-end/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/tender-tekhnicheskoe-obsluzhivanie-reestra/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/houduan-zhaobiao/"
---

# back-end tender

A formal process in which a registry operator or a ccTLD manager asks companies to bid to run its technical registry systems. The result can move a whole TLD to a new back-end provider. For gTLDs, ICANN must approve the change of provider before the move.

## related terms

- [back-end provider](https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-provider/)
- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [ccTLD manager](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld-manager/)
- [registry acquisition](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-acquisition/)
- [RSP Evaluation Program](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rsp-evaluation-program/)