EANS-News: adesso confirmed by key customer BITMARCK as leading contract partner for the years to come
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contracts Dortmund (euro adhoc) - adesso AG has emerged victorious in a Europe-wide tender by its largest customer, the BITMARCK group of companies, and will remain the group's key contract partner for up to four more years. The Dortmund-based IT service provider was able to position itself on 32 of 39 tendered lots as one of five contract partners to take on potential consultancy and software development orders. This was a further step in adesso's efforts to expand its commitment to the customer. BITMARCK, the software and systems vendor of the company and guild health insurance funds and DAK, is involved in the continuous development of the "iskv_21c" information system together with adesso and additional realisation partners, and is working on introducing the system at Germany's statutory health insurance providers. In future, administrative and information processes for some 26 million insured patients in Germany will be processed via the system. As part of the major project, adesso has been one of the BITMARCK group of companies' main development partners for more than ten years. Once again, adesso has won the customer over with its expertise, quantitative selection criteria and price. The customer divided the attractive order volume into 39 functional lots in September 2012 and invited companies from around Europe to tender. An independent tender partner of BITMARCK coordinated the multi-stage selection procedure. They selected both general contractual partners and the specific contractors for a majority of the individual realisation bids, which were open at the same time. adesso tendered offers for 34 of the 39 lots as a contract partner and was awarded a contract for 32 lots. At the same time, contractors for specific consultancy and realisation orders were selected from the five remaining contract partners for a majority of the lots according to predefined quantitative and qualitative criteria. With more than 1,300 employees and more than EUR 250 million in annual sales, BITMARCK is the largest full-service IT provider for Germany's statutory health insurance providers. The group of companies realises intelligent IT solutions for company and guild health insurance funds, DAK-Gesundheit and other approved alternative health insurance funds (Ersatzkassen). The renewed large order from one of the leading players in the market, and adesso's key customer for many years, means a high degree of security when it comes to staff and sales planning. The health care sector is one of adesso's core industries, which contributes some 14 % to the company's annual sales. The Executive Board Further inquiry note: Martin Möllmann Manager Investor Relations Tel.: +49 231 930-9330 E-Mail: ir@adesso.de end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: adesso AG Stockholmer Allee 24 D-44269 Dortmund phone: +49 231 930-9330 FAX: +49 231 930-9331 mail: ir@adesso.de WWW: http://www.adesso-group.de sector: Computing & Information Technology ISIN: DE000A0Z23Q5 indexes: CDAX stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/general standard: Frankfurt language: English
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