Bucheon and Osan Cities Excelled in 'Contract Review Operations' Last Year

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Bucheon City and Osan City were selected as the local governments that best operated contract reviews last year, resulting in budget savings.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 15th that it conducted the '2022 Contract Review Operation Status Evaluation' targeting 31 cities and counties within the province and selected six cities and counties, including Bucheon City, as excellent institutions.

The contract review system is a system that reviews the appropriateness of basic amounts and estimated prices before bidding and contracting for projects such as construction, services, and supplies ordered by local governments to operate local government finances soundly and efficiently.

As a result of the evaluation, Bucheon City and Osan City were selected as the best institutions, Suwon City and Gunpo City as excellent institutions, and Hwaseong City and Guri City as encouraging institutions.

Bucheon City received high scores in areas of work improvement such as distributing its own best practice collections and work manuals, as well as the adequacy of review documents.

Osan City was found to have improved the installation location of safety railings in the roadside parking lot construction project, preventing pedestrian safety accidents while saving the budget.

Gyeonggi Province conducted a quantitative evaluation based on six criteria: whether each city and county has its own dedicated organization for overall contract review operation, number of reviewers, adequacy of review documents, and the province's adjustment rate of contract reviews for city and county projects. Additional points were awarded for submitting best practice cases in three or more contract review fields, and deductions were applied for the number of issues pointed out in contract review implementation inspections.

Sung Hyun-sook, the contract review officer of Gyeonggi Province, promised, "We will award commendations to the six selected cities and counties and provide continuous support to ensure that the contract review system is well operated in each city and county through implementation inspections."

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