Kritische Erfolgsfaktoren für die Auswahl eines IT-Serviceproviders am Beispiel der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherungen

Since the introduction of the E‑Government Act, the topic has been omnipresent in German administrations. The availability of online services, made mandatory by the Online Access Act (OZG), adds to the pressure on administrations. Holistic changes in the organization are necessary in order to adapt to the needs of the changed environment. Citizens expect administrations to provide convenient communication and digital processing of all requests, just as they do in their private or professional lives. IT service providers can support in implementing the requirements of the OZG or e‑government. They are able to offer centralized, scalable software and hardware solutions and compensate for deficits in existing know-how and resource bottlenecks in the public sector. The decisive factor here is the legally compliant and future-proof selection of an IT service provider. This research article identifies and analyzes the critical success factors for the selection of an IT service provider in the environment of Germany’s statutory accident insurers. From an academic perspective, this article thus contributes to a broader discussion in the area of e‑government or e‑governance strategies and implementation of the Online Access Act (OZG). For practical purposes, it shows how strategic added value can arise from the reorientation of the statutory accident insurers towards a modern administration, in order to enable future decision-makers to make far-sighted decisions and to be able to offer citizens optimized services.