Public Procurement Service Fully Restores 'Procurement Information Systems' Including Nara Marketplace

All procurement information systems operated by the Public Procurement Service, including Nara Marketplace, have been fully restored.

As of October 13, the Public Procurement Service announced that all 18 procurement information systems-including Nara Marketplace, the Comprehensive Shopping Mall, Subcontract Keeper, and Innovation Marketplace-are now operating normally.

Previously, on September 26, a fire at the main Daejeon center of the National Information Resources Service caused a temporary suspension of procurement information system services. Following the fire, the Public Procurement Service activated the disaster recovery system (DR) at the Gwangju backup center for national information resources, resuming some services such as Nara Marketplace (September 29) and Subcontract Keeper (September 30).

However, due to the limited processing capacity of the disaster recovery system, full functionality of all services was halted for a period. To address this, the Public Procurement Service completed the process of switching back to the main Daejeon center during the Chuseok holiday, and on October 10, seven systems were reactivated, fully restoring Nara Marketplace services such as announcements, bidding, contracts, delivery requests, and payments.

Additionally, during the bridge holidays following Chuseok, further restoration work was carried out, and services for 11 systems-including Innovation Marketplace, catalog information, and the official website-were resumed on October 11 and 12.

Currently, most procurement information systems are operational, allowing public procurement work to proceed without disruption.

The only systems yet to be restored are four internal work systems of the Public Procurement Service, including performance management and e-audit. The agency stated that it is working closely with the National Information Resources Service to ensure the fastest possible recovery of these remaining systems.

Baek Seungbo, Commissioner of the Public Procurement Service, stated, "As a result of our all-out efforts during the Chuseok holiday, with alleviating public inconvenience as our top priority, most procurement information systems have now been restored. The Public Procurement Service will closely monitor the operation of the restored systems to ensure that procurement information system services are provided smoothly."

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