Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Mid-Term Business Agency / FY2010 Subcontract Transaction Fact-Finding Survey Results Released, Appropriate Responses Decrease to 7.7%
On the 18th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency announced the results of the FY2022 subcontracting survey. The percentage of business operators who answered all survey items that are subject to guidance under the Construction Industry Law was 7.7%, down 3.1 percentage points from the previous fiscal year. By survey item, the appropriate response rate tends to be low every year, with 19.2% of the responses given for "contents of quotation presentation" (down 2.0 points from the previous year), and 43.1% for "contract clauses" (4.5%). point drop) and worsened further. Guidance sheets were sent to 8,548 people who gave even one inappropriate answer.
A questionnaire was sent to 14,000 people nationwide to investigate transactions from July 2021 to June 2022. In fact, 10,974 responses were tabulated. Regarding the status of compliance with the Construction Business Act, the correct response rate for 15 of the 25 items subject to guidance fell (see table).
For both "contents of quote presentation" and "contract clauses", the ratio of clear indications of "days/time periods when construction is not performed" and "changes in contract price/construction details based on price fluctuations, etc." It appears to have been pushed down. As the prices of construction materials continue to soar, it is important to develop an environment that allows for changes in contract prices and construction periods.
Looking at the burden imposed by the orderer and prime contractor, 1.3% of contractors (up 0.7 points from the previous year) and 1.4% of subcontractors (up 0.2 points) were unfairly burdened. answered that they have received The percentage of companies who specifically stated that they "rejected to conclude additional or modified contracts (due to soaring material prices, etc.)" was higher than in the previous year.
90.3% "accept" changes in the construction period from the standpoint of the prime contractor. 92.1% of the subcontractors who negotiated to change the construction period were changed to the construction period that is normally considered necessary. The percentage of subcontractors who negotiated changes was 82.1%, a 20.1 percentage point increase from the previous fiscal year, suggesting the severe situation on the ground.
94.4% "accept" the change in the contract amount from the standpoint of the prime contractor. While 86.0% of subcontractors answered that negotiations to change prices were "approved" in light of rising material prices, only 52.4% of subcontractors did negotiate to change prices in the first place.
