Software Business Operator Report and General Status Management Certificate

Procedure

Procedure

1. 01

   1. Check the business field and who should apply — The application lists 4 business fields: computer-related services, package software development and supply, digital content development services, and database production and search services, and you may select several fields that you actually operate or plan to operate. The form's instructions show the industry codes used when bidding on Public Procurement Service projects (1468, 1426, 1469 and 1470) for each field. Choose fields that match both the industry required by the bid notice and the work the company actually does.

2. 02

   2. Prepare the closing financial and staffing figures — The financial status section uses the figures from the most recent closed fiscal year, entering assets, liabilities, capital, sales, operating profit, net profit and R&D expenses in millions of won, with software sales stated separately. The number of regular employees is based on the previous year's closing, and the number of software engineers who fall under Article 2, Subparagraph 10 of the Software Promotion Act and Article 2 of its Enforcement Decree is entered as well. If all sales come from software business, mark full-time software business; otherwise mark combined business.

3. 03

   3. Complete and submit the general status management application — On Form No. 25, the software business operator general status management application, enter the large or small and medium enterprise classification, whether the company belongs to a business group subject to cross-shareholding restrictions, and, if there was a business transfer or merger, the transferor company's details. If you consent to shared use of administrative information, the management institution checks the corporate register, business registration certificate, closing financial statement certificate and SME confirmation itself, and a mid-sized enterprise attaches its mid-sized enterprise confirmation. Applications can also be filed through the Software Industry Information Comprehensive Management System.

4. 04

   4. Receive the general status management certificate — Once the management institution verifies the application, it issues the software business operator general status management certificate under Form No. 27. The certificate shows the company name, representative, location, sales, number of regular employees and software engineers, business fields and the lower limit amount for participation in public software project bids, based on the closing year. The certificate takes effect on the date of issue, and when a changed certificate is issued the earlier certificate loses effect.

5. 05

   5. Register project performance and file change applications after closing — To have software project performance with public or private clients managed, submit Form No. 26, the project performance management application, with the contract and documents confirming the performance, classified as new, change or completed, and obtain the project performance certificate under Form No. 28 when needed. If any registered information changes, file a change application, with financial status based on the latest closing. If you do not file a change application reflecting the latest closing, the lower limit amount for participation in public software project bids on the certificate is shown as unverifiable.

Filing route

Filing route

Deadlines & processing notes

Deadlines & processing notes

Fees & official charges

Fees & official charges

Included in the basic fee — Initial document review, required-document guidance, basic form preparation, one filing support and one ordinary supplement.

Conditional success fee — For this service, any conditional success fee may be separately agreed within the lawful service scope and stated in a written engagement agreement. No outcome is guaranteed.

Displayed amounts are starting estimates, not statutory or standard rates. The final fee is confirmed after consultation and document review in the engagement agreement. Government fees and actual expenses may change.

Basic documents

Basic documents

The application is submitted with a pledge that its contents are true, the management institution may take necessary action if falsehood is discovered even after issuance, and a certificate or performance certificate obtained through false statements loses effect. A change application reflecting the closing and the issuance of the certificate take 7 days of processing plus any time for supplements, so apply ahead of the schedule of the bid notice you plan to enter.