Production, personalization and ready-to-ship provision of electronic health cards and PIN/PUK letters

The IKK eGK Procurement 2026 GbR in Germany from Europe region has released this tender for The subject of this contract is the provision of services required by the participating health insurance funds for the production, personalization, secure data processing, assembly, and dispatch-ready provision of electronic health cards (eGK), as well as for the production and dispatch-ready provision of the associated PIN/PUK letters. The services to be provided for the eGK initially refer to eGKs of specification eGK G2.1, but also include the optional rPVC version and all subsequent physical generations of the eGK released by the individual health insurance fund during the contract period. The services for dispatching the eGK also include the automated insertion of a main leaflet, which can be activated by the respective health insurance fund, into the accompanying card letters marked accordingly in the respective technical production order. With separate activation, exactly one additional, fund-specific leaflet can be included exclusively together with the main leaflet. At the start of service provision, the main leaflet will be the organ donation leaflet. Depending on the specific service request of the individual health insurance company, the services for the PIN/PUK letters also include the data and printing technology implementation for secure delivery via delivery identification. The partners of IKK eGK-Beschaffung 2026 GbR are the following health insurance funds: 1. BundesInnungskrankenkasse Gesundheit, abbreviated: BIG direkt gesund, Markgrafenstraße 22, 10117 Berlin; 2. IKK Brandenburg und Berlin, Ziolkowskistraße 6, 14480 Potsdam; 3. IKK gesund plus, Umfassungsstraße 85, 39124 Magdeburg; 4. IKK – Die Innovationskasse (IK), Überseeboulevard 5, 20457 Hamburg; 5. IKK classic, Tannenstraße 4b, 01099 Dresden; 6. IKK Südwest, Europaallee 3-4, 66113 Saarbrücken; 7. KNAPPSCHAFT, Knappschaftstraße 1, 44799 Bochum; 8. Sozialversicherung für Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Gartenbau (SVLFG), Weißensteinstraße 70-72, 34131 Kassel. The participating health insurance funds are all public corporations. Upon award of the contract, open-ended service agreements are immediately established between the contractor and the individual health insurance funds. These agreements create ongoing service and payment obligations in the sense of a continuing obligation. The subsequent transmission of data for the individual health cards and PIN/PUK letters to be issued merely determines the quantity, content, and timing of the services already contractually owed. These are merely "production orders" in a technical sense, which do not constitute a separate order or individual contract. Regular production and other ongoing service provision will commence on August 1, 2027. For the first 48 months, the following non-binding calculation and evaluation quantities are used: 4,490,606 standard eGK G2.1, 1,924,545 rPVC eGK G2.1, 3,812,299 PIN/PUK letters, 381,230 shipments with delivery identification, 6,415,151 billing units for technical IT and/or UPOC franking (per 1,000 shipments), 5,132,121 enclosed main flyers (for bid evaluation: organ donation flyers), and 2,420,000 cash register-specific supplementary flyers enclosed with a main flyer. These quantity specifications do not establish either a minimum purchase quantity or a maximum quantity that would terminate the contract within the framework of the tendered long-term contractual relationship. The net unit prices agreed upon at the time of contract conclusion remain unchanged until July 31, 2031. From August 1, 2031, the recorded unit prices will be adjusted every 24 months according to the contractually stipulated price adjustment clause. Separate pricing, verification, verification, and approval procedures apply to physical successor generations of the health cards. The contracts have no fixed end date and remain in effect until validly terminated. Ordinary termination is possible for the first time on July 31, 2031, and subsequently every 24 months. with tender notice no. 668228-2026 published on 29 Sep 2026. The tender is due to expire on 02 Nov 2026. This tender is sourced from TED Europa and is eligible for suppliers interested in Smart cards. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 15031469.