As a managed service provider in the IT market of statutory health insurance, BITMARCK is driving digitalization in the industry and among its customers with innovative products, solutions and services. The basis for this is the GKV software standard BITMARCK_21c|ng, which is used by the affiliated health insurance companies. Customers of the group of companies are the company and guild health insurance companies as well as DAK-Gesundheit and other substitute funds - more than 30,000 employees and around 25 million insured persons in the GKV benefit from the IT services of BITMARCK, more than 80 percent of the German statutory health insurance companies are customers of the group of companies. With around 1,600 employees, BITMARCK achieves an annual turnover of 350 million euros.

The GKV SC has also been an IT service provider on the market of statutory health insurance companies for more than 10 years and joins the clientele.

The BITMARCK Group of Companies and GKV Service Center GmbH need MPLS connections for themselves and their customers that connect different locations throughout Germany. These are required in different bandwidths with different availability, QoS features, first and second routes as well as recovery times. SIP trunking must be able to be integrated into the MPLS network so that a central supply/routing of SIP traffic can be implemented directly via MPLS on the provider side.

The BITMARCK Group of Companies and GKV Service Center GmbH require Internet connections and corresponding additional products such as VoIP functionalities, WLAN and hot spot services for themselves and their customers.

The Bitmarck Group of Companies and GKV Service Center GmbH require Ethernet WAN lines for themselves and their customers.

The Contractor shall provide the Client with Ethernet WAN connections and shall create an

Location the technical conditions around an Ethernet connection to one or more other

to establish locations of the client or his customers.