iMarketKorea selected as a priority Negotiation Company for the Public
     Procurement Service

September 4, 2006

The MRO priority negotiation companies for the Public Procurement Service have been selected, and all eyes are now on the changing tides of the MRO e-marketplace.

The Public Procurement Service has selected the iMarketKorea and Serveone Consortiums after examining technological proposals and price proposals. iMarketKorea, which formed a 2-party consortium with Officeway was ranked first, while Serveone, which formed a 3-party consortium with Fitzbelly and Alpha Stationeries was 2 nd . EN2B failed to make the cut, as well as the new parties of Best Office and Dream Depot Electronics, who also had to walk away empty-handed.

The Public Procurement Service will agree on the specifics of the agreement, such as the negotiation price, and plans to complete the agreement on or around the 10 th . With the National Marketplace system and the network system connection between the companies, they plan to allow online purchases of MRO items by the end of the month.

iMarketKorea occupies a superior position when it comes to future public projects thanks to the iconic nature of the Public Procurement Service . Executive Young-Seok Ryu said "we believe we occupy a superior position in various areas, including service satisfaction. We are prepared to make sure there are no deficiencies in the service."

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