Public Procurement Service (PPS)

Introduction of Public Procurement Service


The Public Procurement Service (PPS) is the central procurement agency of the Republic of Korea. PPS domestically and internationally purchases goods and services on behalf of Korean public organizations. PPS is also in charge of contracts and management with regard to facility constructions ordered in the public sector such as government offices, roads, and schools.

Launching the Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) in September 2002 contributes to raising the level of efficiency and transparency in the public procurement arena. The entire procurement procedures are implemented via KONEPS as a single window for Korean public procurement from tender notice and awarding to payment.

From its establishment through 2017, approximately 52,000 public organizations and 373,000 suppliers were using KONEPS recording 79 billion dollars in its annual transaction volume. As of now, the innovative online procurement system has been exported to seven countries : Vietnam, Costa Rica, Mongolia, Tunisia, Rwanda, Cameroon and Jordan.

PPS supports the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with excellent technologies and high-quality products to find their ways towards more business opportunities through designation of G-PASS (Government Performance ASSured) Companies. The designation system was devised to acquire high-quality procured goods and services and assist SMEs and ventures in obtaining more business opportunities, in particular for those having difficulties of advancing into the overseas markets.


The sixteen firms, described in this volume, have keen interest in the Myanmar and the Cambodia markets and are all chosen in the Korean government procurement market. PPS firmly believes that the publication of this volume will lay the foundation to vitalize economic exchanges among Korea, Myanmar and Cambodia. 

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