[MHLW] The Results of Government Procurement from Work Facilities for Persons with Disabilities

On 9 November 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released data as a result of procurement by the Government and such from facilities where people with disabilities are working.

Under the Act on Promotion of Procurement of Goods and Services from Work Facilities for Persons with Disabilities, the heads of ministries and agencies and independent administrative agencies are required to collect and notify the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare of the data resulting from the procurement of goods and services from work facilities for persons with disabilities. In addition, in the basic policy based on the said law, the Minister is to compile and publish the outline of the resurts. In addition, the Minister is to gather and publicize those procurement results of local governments and such with the cooperation of prefectures.

Based on this, the MHLW publishes such procurement data every year. The outline of the results of procurement for fiscal 2020 is as follows.

  • Total amount procured in FY 2020: (Valued at 19.854 billion yen (19.334 billion yen*), of which:
  • National government: (Valued at 1.098 billion yen) (975 million yen*)
  • Independent Administrative Agencies, etc.: (Valued at 1.575 billion yen) (1.566 billion yen*)
  • Prefectures: 2.739 billion yen (2.940 billion yen*)
  • Municipalities: (Amounting to 14.114 billion yen) (13.560 billion yen*)
  • Local Administrative Agencies: (Amounting to 328 million yen) (294 million yen*)

* Figures in parentheses are for FY2019

  • The procurement amount was approximately 19.9 billion yen, an increase of 2.7% (an increase of 519 million yen) over the previous year, and the highest procurement amount ever for two consecutive years since the Act was enacted (2013); hence, the procurement amount reached a record high.
  • The procurement amount by the national government increased by 12.6% over the previous year, exceeding 1 billion yen for the first time. However, the amount procured by prefectures decreased by 6.8% compared to the previous year.

For more information, please visit the website(Japanese).
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/newpage_22105.html

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