[단독] 與 demands… Ministry of Knowledge Economy “Transform the paradigm for public procurement and introduce ESG”

Input 2021.02.07 06:00

“Public procurement, fiscal expenditure efficiency is the first goal”
“The paradigm shifts to strategic public procurement in the future”

In addition, it was confirmed that the Democratic Party actively proposed the use of public procurement projects for environment, responsibility, and transparent management (ESG) in order to activate the’profit sharing system’, while the Ministry of Strategy and Finance expressed its position that it will “strategically shift the paradigm of public procurement”.

According to data submitted by the government’s Office of the People’s Power, Gyeong-ho Chu on the 7th, the National Treasury Bureau of the Ministry of Science and ICT asked the question of’how to introduce ESG evaluation in public procurement First of all, we aim,” he said, “(for the introduction of ESG), in the future (in the future), we will shift the public procurement paradigm to strategic public procurement (SPP).”

The Ministry of Science and Technology said, “(Government is operating various systems that consider ESG to the extent that it does not impede the achievement of priority targets such as price, quality competitiveness, etc.). , Responding to environmental changes, and strategically supporting the realization of social values.”

The current Procurement Act (Act on Procurement Businesses) has a provision that’reflects environment, human rights, labor, employment, fair trade, and consumer protection in procurement procedures (Article 3, Paragraph 2). Based on this provision, the government allows green products and products produced by small and medium-sized, female, disabled, and social enterprises, rather than competitive bidding, to restrictive, nominated competition, and voluntary contracts, and require public institutions to purchase the products at a certain rate. do. In addition, when selecting a successful bidder, additional points are given by evaluating the credibility of the bidding company, such as environmental and social responsibility.

Public procurement through state contracts aims at’fiscal expenditure efficiency as a priority.’ Buying cheap and high quality products is a top priority. It is interpreted that the fact that the Ministry of Information and Infrastructure will’change the public procurement paradigm in the future’ shows its intention to include’ESG’ in the selection criteria for public procurement companies that prioritized efficiency. If the ESG evaluation index is high, it is interpreted as indicating a determination to create a standard that can offset efficiency even if it does not have a competitive advantage.

Moreover, the answer that day came after Democratic Party President Lee Nak-yeon made a remark on ESG. In an interview with Chosun Biz the day before (4th) and a speech at the parliamentary bargaining group on the 2nd, “I hope that ESG evaluation should be reflected in pension fund investment and public procurement,” and the party government has been reviewing ways to actively utilize ESG. Public Procurement Service Commissioner Kim Jeong-woo, a party to the national contract, was expected to actively cooperate with the ruling party’s policy because he served as secretary of the Democratic Party’s Planning and Finance Committee in the past 20th National Assembly.

An official from the National Assembly said, “The reflection of the ESG of public procurement aims at shared growth such as environmental, social values, and governance,” and said, “This movement of the government is expected to make a remarkable contribution to resolving inequality after the corona crisis.”