Military personnel can now choose ice cream according to their taste.
The Public Procurement Service (PPS) announced on the 6th that it has changed the purchasing method for military ration ice cream from single-supplier contracts to "multiple award schedule contracts," supplying a variety of products through the Nara Marketplace online shopping mall.
A multiple award schedule contract is a system in which various commercial products are contracted with multiple companies and then supplied through the Nara Marketplace, allowing demand agencies to select products from their preferred suppliers.
As a result, units at all levels will be able to select and purchase ice cream from suppliers preferred by military personnel according to their tastes. Four companies — Binggrae, Seoju, Daesang, and CJ CheilJedang — have participated, and the number of participating companies will continue to expand going forward.
The ice cream to be supplied includes 20 commercially available products such as Boongoh Ssamanco, condensed milk red bean shaved ice, melon slush, and monaka.
After taking over general military supply procurement duties from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration in July 2020, the PPS has been expanding multiple award schedule contracts to reflect the diverse preferences of military personnel.
"We changed the purchasing method for military ice cream to multiple award schedule contracts in order to satisfy the diverse tastes and preferences of young MZ-generation personnel," said Baek Ho-sung, Director-General of the Purchasing Business Bureau at the PPS. "We will actively supply a variety of products that reflect the preferences of the military and its personnel."
