SME Representatives Propose Key Issues to Lim Byungcheol, Director of Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service
Meeting with Lim Byungcheol, Director of the Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service
Proposals for Abolishing Mandatory Use of MAS and Other Reforms
Representatives from the small and medium-sized business sector met with Lim Byungcheol, Director of the Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service, to propose solutions to current issues such as abolishing the mandatory use of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts by local governments.
On September 17, the Seoul Regional Headquarters of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business announced that it had made these requests during a meeting with Director Lim at the Small and Medium Business DMC Tower in Mapo-gu, Seoul.
This meeting was organized to address and improve unreasonable regulations faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in the public procurement market and to seek institutional reform through cooperation with the Seoul Regional Public Procurement Service. More than 20 representatives from the SME sector attended, including Director Lim, officials from the Public Procurement Service, Park Jongseok, President of the Seoul Small and Medium Business Association, and chairpersons of industry-specific cooperatives.
During the meeting, the SME sector raised several key issues: ▲ abolishing the mandatory use of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts by local governments ▲ improving the system for preferential purchase of products made by people with disabilities by public institutions ▲ conducting a joint fact-finding survey to ensure fair pricing in the public printing market ▲ actively utilizing the cooperative recommendation system for public procurement of SME products ▲ easing performance requirements for small travel agencies entering the public market ▲ maintaining compensation clauses for lost pallets in goods contracts ▲ raising the minimum single delivery amount for furniture ▲ eliminating the evaluation clause for extending the period of excellent procurement goods and improving the additional points system in reviews.
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Director Lim stated, "We will thoroughly review the suggestions from the SME sector and develop reasonable improvement measures," adding, "We will continue to actively reflect feedback from the field." Park Jongseok, President of the Seoul Regional Headquarters of the Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business, said, "The public procurement market is a crucial foundation for SME growth," and expressed hope that voices from the field would lead to institutional reform and the creation of a fair competitive environment."
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