Foreign procurement aims at purchasing foreign goods with comparative advantage over domestic goods, inviting foreign bidders. Thus, the types of goods purchased through foreign procurement procedures tend to change, catering to the changing needs of the government.
With sustained economic growth and the increasingly sophisticated industrial structure, import trends have changed from simple machinery and equipment to high technology goods that are not readily available in Korea.
The continued expansion of the Korean economy is expected to bring about an increase in imports, inevitably resulting in the growth of foreign purchasing in the public sector. PPS is striving to establish a database for all the information needed for the purchase of foreign goods.
PPS is also responsible for revising the specifications of the goods to be procured in order to enhance international competition, provided that such revision does not substantially affect the purpose of the procurement.
Major items procured consist of aircrafts; machinery; medical equipment; rolling stock and its parts; electric, broadcasting, and communications equipment; physics and chemistry lab equipment; furniture and lighting; publications and printed materials, etc.
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For foreign supplied goods, there have been difficulties for end-user entities in collecting product information, and for suppliers in collecting information on procurement requirements from public entities.
To relieve these difficulties, PPS operates the Product Information Solicitation page for foreign goods within KONEPS, where end-user entities may announce their requirements and openly solicit available product information from suppliers.
To solicit product information, public entities with procurement requirements post their requirements onto the page. Suppliers browse the posts and offer their product information including specifications, prices, manufacturer, etc. Public entities prepare the specifications for purchase, using such information as a reference, and submit purchase request to PPS.
The Product Information Solicitation page facilitates the exchange of product information between end-user entities and the suppliers, and is significantly contributing to increasing competition and the suppliers' bidding opportunities.
For foreign supplied goods, there have been difficulties for end-user entities in collecting product information, and for suppliers in collecting information on procurement requirements from public entities.
To relieve these difficulties, PPS operates the Product Information Solicitation page for foreign goods within KONEPS, where end-user entities may announce their requirements and openly solicit available product information from suppliers.
To solicit product information, public entities with procurement requirements post their requirements onto the page. Suppliers browse the posts and offer their product information including specifications, prices, manufacturer, etc. Public entities prepare the specifications for purchase, using such information as a reference, and submit purchase request to PPS.
The Product Information Solicitation page facilitates the exchange of product information between end-user entities and the suppliers, and is significantly contributing to increasing competition and the suppliers' bidding opportunities.