Gwangju City Selects 'Wemakeprice O' as Preferred Negotiation Partner for Gwangju-type Public Delivery App

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it has selected ‘Wemakeprice O (Wemakeprice O)’ as the preferred negotiation partner for the private business operator to establish and operate the Gwangju-type public delivery app.

Gwangju City planned the Gwangju-type public delivery app project to minimize the side effects of increasing burdens on small business owners due to the monopoly of some companies in the domestic delivery app market amid the increase in non-face-to-face transactions caused by COVID-19.

In particular, it benchmarked cases from other institutions and collected related opinions through meetings with related organizations.

The Gwangju-type public delivery app is a public-private partnership model led by the private sector and supplemented by local governments, featuring no membership fees or advertising fees, brokerage fees below 3%, and the ability to use local currency.

It also includes a traditional market shopping function to promote market revitalization.

Prior to this project, Gwangju City held a public contest for private business operators from the 19th of last month to the 1st of this month, with three companies participating in the business plan evaluation.

The evaluation was conducted with quantitative evaluation (25 points) and qualitative evaluation (80 points) to ensure fairness and expertise in the business plan assessment.

In particular, the qualitative evaluation involved forming a pool of evaluators recommended by related organizations in each field, and after drawing lots among the proposers, seven evaluators selected in order of frequency conducted the final evaluation, which was reflected in selecting the final preferred negotiation partner.

Gwangju City plans to negotiate with the preferred negotiation partner to finalize specific details related to the operation of the public delivery app and begin pilot operation from April next year. Full-scale operation will follow from July.

Park Nam-eon, Director of the City’s Job and Economy Office, said, “Through follow-up negotiations with the preferred negotiation partner, we will introduce the Gwangju-type public delivery app that reduces the burden on small business owners and enhances convenience for citizens.”

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