Procurement excellence products
Excellent Product
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The policy of Public Procurement Service Excellence Products System
The Public Procurement Service Superior Product Policy was introduced in 1996 to enhance the quality of procurement materials and is a policy that designates products with superior
technology and quality among products produced by SMEs and mid-sized companies as excellent products through a strict evaluation. A company will supply products defined as superior to consuming organisations at each level by following the rule of government contract laws.
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Basis of the superior product system
Superior products from the Public Procurement Service are designated and managed following Article 26 of the ‘Act on Procurement Business’, Article 30 of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act, and ‘Regulations on Designation and Management of Superior Procured Goods’ (Public Procurement Service Notice).
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A Company for designation as excellent products
Products and software produced by small and early-stage mid-sized companies are designated, and products with applied technology are designated. The applied technology and quality certification documents are as follows below.
| Applied Technology | Quality certification references | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Types of applied technology and their respective categories | Submission status of quality certification documents | ||
| Products including NEP(New Excellent Products) or NET(New Excellent Technology) | NEP(Ministry of Commerce Industry and Energy) | Optional to omit |
• Performance certificate • GR certificate • GS certificate • Environmental mark • High- efficiency energy equipment certificate • K mark • Quality assurance procurement goods • Reliability certification • ICT convergence quality certified products |
| Products with NET applied | NET certified by the Minister (including those delegated by the Minister) under the 'Industrial Technology Innovation Promotion Act' and other relevant laws. | Entities required to submit quality certification documents | |
| Products with patented or newly applied utility technology | Limited to domestic patents | Entities required to submit quality certification documents | |
| GS-certified products (software) registered with copyright | Telecommunications Technology Association
Korea Testing Laboratory |
Optional to omit | |
| R&D project successful technology development products | R&D project promotion agency and Public Procurement Service | Optional to omit | |
| Innovative products | Determined successful through purchase by the Director of the Public Procurement Service based on validation results. | Optional to omit | |
- 1) New product, new technology product: Within 3 years from the date of initial certification (comprehensive evaluation report required)
- 2) Patented product: Within 7 years after registration (patent register and registration gazette required)
- 3) Utility model product: within 3 years of registration (Utility model registration book and registration notice required)
- 4) International (overseas) patents and pending patent utility models cannot be applied for (Excluding testing)
- 5) Innovative product: Within 3 years from being judged successful
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Designation period of Public Procurement Service Excellence Product
The designation period for products designated as excellent products is three years from the date of designation, and if the company requests an extension, it can be extended for up to 3 years, taking into account the product's quality and technology certification, delivery performance, private contract status, export performance, etc. (Extension conditions cannot be duplicated)
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Sales support methods for excellent products
Products designated as excellent can be contracted through national procurement regulations, allowing for multiple or lump-sum contracts with third parties to supply demand agencies. Additionally, promotional support such as organizing exhibitions, publishing catalogs, posting on the Public Procurement Service website, and creating and distributing mobile apps for introducing excellent products is provided.
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Methods of purchasing excellent procurement products - 3-party unit price contract
Unlike MAS(multiple award schedule) products, excellent procurement products can be purchased through the Nara Market comprehensive shopping mall regardless of the purchase amount.
