'Shuttle Bus Inconvenience' Seoul National University Members Request Contract Data Disclosure from School

A total of 101 members of Seoul National University (SNU) who have experienced inconvenience using the shuttle bus have filed a request for information disclosure regarding the detailed contract documents of the shuttle bus with the school.

On the 17th, the Joint Action for Making SNU Free of Irregular Workers and the Student Socialists' Association at SNU announced that 101 people participated in the joint information disclosure request for the SNU shuttle bus outsourcing contract. The Joint Action and the SNU Association delivered the request form to the SNU Campus Management Office around 2 p.m. that day.

The Joint Action and the SNU Association stated that this year, despite restrictions on standing passengers, the number of shuttle buses dispatched was not increased, resulting in a reduced capacity for the shuttle buses. They also claimed that for some routes, such as the Sadang line, the contractor arbitrarily changed the vehicle type to a smaller bus, and the school failed to identify this in advance.

They also pointed out that although the outsourcing contract amount for the shuttle bus increased, the quality of bus operation deteriorated. The Joint Action said, "As a result of a student’s information disclosure request to Seoul National University in March regarding the shuttle bus outsourcing contracts from 2019 to 2023, the outsourcing contract amount, which was 1.38 billion KRW last year, increased 2.2 times to 3.02 billion KRW this year. Despite paying more contract fees, the quality of shuttle bus operation has declined."

They criticized that SNU only disclosed the contract cover (attached) but did not disclose the estimates, work instructions, project details, or calculation sheets that form the basis for the contract amount. The Joint Action said, "The school authorities are in a situation where it is impossible to know what kind of contract they made with the outsourcing company."

The Joint Action and the SNU Association recruited joint information disclosure requesters for the undisclosed documents such as estimates, work instructions, project details, and calculation sheets, and as a result, by the 10th, a total of 101 people participated in the request, including 51 undergraduates and 50 graduate students and staff members.

According to Article 11 of the "Act on Disclosure of Information by Public Agencies," SNU must decide whether to disclose the information within 10 days.

The Joint Action and the SNU Association stated, "If the contract basis has problems or the school decides to withhold disclosure as a result of the request, the representative requesters will prepare follow-up actions."

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