Move to waive submission of four types of business certificates when applying for public tenders and government support programs

[Financial News]  

Companies are expected to face less of a burden in the future when applying for public-sector tenders or government support programs, as the burden of individually obtaining and submitting various business certificates, such as startup business certificates, is expected to ease. The government plans to expand the information shared among administrative agencies so that officials can look up business certificates directly.
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said on the 26th that it would add four types of certificates—including startup business, mid-sized company, women-owned business and disability-owned business certificates—to the list of documents available through administrative information sharing. It plans to revise the relevant notice by December.
Until now, companies had to obtain and submit various certificates each time they took part in public procurement tenders or government support programs. The documents were also required to prove eligibility for preferential purchasing under public procurement, receive extra points in qualification reviews, or apply for research and development (R&D) and policy-fund support programs.
Administrative and public institutions will be able to look up business certificates directly through the administrative information sharing system. If companies consent to the information being shared, they can reduce the burden of repeatedly obtaining and submitting the same documents.
The administrative information sharing system currently covers 181 types of documents, including business registration certificates, tax payment certificates, Small and Medium Enterprise Confirmation Certificates and Venture Business Confirmation Certificates. Four more types of business certificates are set to be added.
However, the document-submission requirement will not be waived immediately at every institution. Even after the revision of the notice in December establishes a basis for information sharing, each institution must apply to MOIS for access and receive approval before it can use the system in its work. As a result, the timing of the waiver may vary by institution.
Hwang Gyu-cheol, head of MOIS’s AI Government Office, said, "This opens the way to ease the inconvenience of companies having to obtain and submit the same documents every time they participate in public tenders or government programs." He added, "We will continue to identify other documents that companies often have to submit and expand information sharing so that administrative processes no longer require paperwork."


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