Korea Airports Corporation Wins Presidential Award at the '2021 Public Procurement Promotion Conference'

(Second from the left) Son Chang-wan, President of Korea Airports Corporation, and (third from the left) Kang Sung-chun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, are posing for a commemorative photo after receiving the Presidential Award for 'Outstanding Public Procurement Institution' at the '2021 Public Procurement Promotion Conference' held at COEX, Seoul on the 7th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Korea Airports Corporation announced on the 8th that it received the Presidential Award for 'Outstanding Public Procurement Institution' at the '2021 Public Procurement Promotion Conference.'

Hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, the 'Public Procurement Promotion Conference' is an event that selects and awards public institutions and small business owners who have contributed to increasing public procurement of small business products, and shares excellent public procurement cases.

The Corporation was honored with the Presidential Award in recognition of its outstanding achievements by promoting public procurement strategies such as the 'Establishment of KAC-type purchasing system to promote priority purchasing,' 'Comprehensive improvement of contract standards to expand public procurement,' and 'Online and offline public procurement collaboration utilizing airport infrastructure.'

Every year, the Corporation supports the market and employment of disabled enterprises by contracting with companies employing disabled workers for repetitive product purchases at airports nationwide and extending contract periods when the scale of disabled worker employment is maintained through the 'Disabled-linked Employment Purchase Commitment System.' It also eased entry barriers to the public procurement market by granting bidding participation points to socially disadvantaged enterprises.

Son Changwan, President of Korea Airports Corporation, said, “We are constantly thinking about how to support small businesses' market access by utilizing airport infrastructure,” and added, “With continuous interest and support, we will become a leading public procurement institution that shares the future of small businesses.”

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