Cloth mask distributed by the government Request for unit price disclosure University professor filed a lawsuit September 24, 20:32
It is unreasonable for a university professor in Kobe City to verify the validity of the policy that the government did not disclose how much the cloth mask distributed to all households nationwide was ordered from the supplier. We have decided to file a court case insisting and demanding disclosure soon.
As a measure against the new coronavirus, the government has announced the total contract amount for each supplier for two cloth masks distributed to all households nationwide at a cost of about 26 billion yen, but the "unit price of one mask" And "order quantity" is not disclosed.
The reason for this is related to the procurement know-how of the vendor, so if it is publicly announced, it will be disadvantageous in terms of competition and will hinder future price negotiations.
Professor Hiroshi Kamiwaki of Kobe Gakuin University, who requested information disclosure about this, said, "If you do not know how many units you ordered from each vendor, you cannot verify the validity of the policy and the appropriateness of the procedure, which is unreasonable." He insisted that he decided to bring a trial for disclosure to the Osaka District Court next week.
Professor Uewaki said, "It should not be inconvenient to disclose the details of the contract made in the unique circumstances of dealing with the rapid spread of infection. All information is disclosed so that the public can evaluate the policy correctly. Should be ".