Danske Regioner (an interest organisation for the five regions in Denmark) wishes to invite interested card suppliers to tender for the current production and delivery of health insurance cards and letters to 15-years-olds in Denmark. Danske Regioner is assisted in this process by Amgros I/S (a partnership owned by the regions which consolidates the purchases of the regions).
The production and delivery regards the following:
1. The National Health Insurance Card
All citizens with permanent residence in Denmark are covered under the public health insurance sheme. As documentation of the right to benefits under the scheme, the Insured must produce a Health Insurance Card when contacting the health care system. The annual production of the Health Insurance Card is approx. 1,9 million.
2. The Special Health Insurance Card
The Special Health Insurance Card serves as documentation that persons, despite having no permanent address in Denmark - are entitled to benefits under the Danish Health Act while staying in Denmark on the same terms as people residing in Denmark. An annual production of approx. 16,000 cards is expected.
3. The European Health Insurance Card
The European health insurance covers expenses for necessary medical and hospital treatment, medicine, etc., for temporary stays (i.e. up to 1 year) in an EU member state or EEC member state, e.g. vacations, traineeships, studies or work abroad. In 2013, approx. 300 000 European Health Insurance Cards were produced. It is expected, however, that in the course of 2014 and onwards the European Health Insurance Card will be in much more demand due to the abolition of the Danish public travel insurance.
4. Distribution of letters to 15-year-olds
Children who are 15 years of age have a free choice of GP, and are informed of this by letter. Some 68 000 letters are annually distributed to 15-year-olds.
The supplier will be provided with data and shall thereafter be responsible for the production, enveloping, stamping and delivery of cards/letters to the citizens of Denmark. The supplier shall deliver the /letters as general contractor and shall in this capacity be responsible for taking all such action and meet such obligations as are necessary for the delivery.
Production and delivery of the card is very important to the Danish society. It is therefore of vital interest to Danske Regioner to ensure that the production and delivery of the cards and letters is professional, efficient and reliable.