SMBA Head Meets SMEs "Need to Introduce Public Procurement-Linked Payment System"

On the 13th, 'Meeting with Kim Yunsang, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service' Held

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) requested Kim Yoon-sang, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service, to introduce a public procurement-type payment linkage system.

Kim Yunsang, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service [Photo by Yonhap News]

The Korea Federation of SMEs announced on the 13th that it held a 'Meeting with Kim Yoon-sang, Administrator of the Public Procurement Service' at the Federation's office in Yeouido, Seoul.

The meeting, organized to convey the on-site difficulties of SMEs and discuss improvement measures, was attended by representatives of SMEs from various industries, including Kim Ki-moon, Chairman of the Korea Federation of SMEs, and Bae Jo-ung, Chairman of the Korea Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Cooperative Federation. From the Public Procurement Service, Administrator Kim and Kwon Hyuk-jae, Director of the Purchasing Business Bureau, along with other related officials, were present.

SME representatives conveyed difficulties faced by SMEs in the public procurement market, such as issues with receiving fair prices, excessive restrictions on market participation, and unnecessary document requests, and proposed improvements to unreasonable regulations.

The main points included the introduction of a public procurement-type payment linkage system, raising the competition amount criteria and minimum price proposal rate for the second stage of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts, improving MAS second-stage competition delivery prices when delivery quantity requirements decrease, revising MAS next contract exclusion regulations, and exempting the submission of material transaction ledgers during intermediate inspections of stone products.

Kim Ki-moon, Chairman of the Korea Federation of SMEs, said, “The Public Procurement Service is the most important government agency for SMEs, providing market access and growth support through the public procurement market,” and added, “We hope for active support so that the voices of SMEs wanting to receive fair prices, such as through the public procurement-type payment linkage system, can be reflected in procurement practices.”

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