Government Officially Begins Selection of Next Lottery Management Contractor... Pre-Bid Specifications Released

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The government has initiated the bidding process to select the next lottery consignment operator for 2024-2028.

The Ministry of Economy and Finance's Lottery Commission announced on the 2nd that, in consultation with the Public Procurement Service, it will disclose the preliminary specifications for the "Next Lottery Consignment Operator Selection Plan" on the Public Procurement Service's Nara Marketplace (G2B) by the 9th.

The disclosure of preliminary specifications is a procedure to ultimately collect opinions from companies wishing to participate in the lottery business bidding to ensure fairness and transparency in the selection plan for the next lottery consignment operator. The consignment period is five years from 2024 to 2028, and the bidding commission rate is 1.1281% based on lottery sales of 7.9 trillion KRW.

The government has strengthened the technical evaluation system for selecting the lottery consignment operator and improved some unreasonable evaluation criteria. The weight of the technical evaluation was increased (from 85% to 90%) to minimize incentives for low bids, and a differential scoring system (1.5 points) was applied to enhance the discriminative power of the technical evaluation. Within the technical evaluation, the evaluation weight for the business operation sector was increased (from 50% to 60%), and the evaluation method was improved to prevent distortion of results by specific detailed evaluation items.

Additionally, to strengthen the accountability of the consignment operator, it was specified that the operator must directly perform major lottery business tasks such as building and operating the printed lottery ticket issuance system, and managing lottery distribution and sales. The lottery system construction cycle was extended (from 5 to 7 years) according to the service life, and the dedicated line network was fully converted to a virtual private network (VPN) to improve the efficiency of lottery system operations.

Furthermore, the participation method of the transaction bank was diversified to expand bidding opportunities by allowing membership in a joint supply consortium or through an agreement method.

A Ministry of Economy and Finance Lottery Commission official stated, "We plan to review whether to reflect the opinions submitted during the preliminary specification disclosure period and to announce the bidding notice as soon as possible."

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