Regulations on Preferred Procurement for Products and Services Produced in Disability Welfare Care Facilities and Institutions and Sheltered Workshops Article 6

Local competent authorities at the municipal, county, and city levels shall regularly review and update their list of products and services provided by preferred providers, publish the list on their official website, and forward it to the central competent authority for announcement in accordance with Article 69, Paragraph 2 of the Act. If necessary, the local competent authorities may notify obligated procurement units of the updated list via official letter.Local competent authorities shall appoint personnel to regularly inspect preferred providers’ production conditions and provide the necessary guidance.If during an inspection a preferred provider is found to be in violation of Article 4, Paragraph 3 or the final proviso of Paragraph 4, their products and services (as specified in Article 4, Paragraphs 1 and 2) shall be removed from the list for a period of one year. Upon conclusion of the one-year period, the preferred provider may be included on the list again upon passing another inspection.