Korea's Scout Tournament: Wasting tax money on renting goods?

At the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree held in South Korea, approximately 1.36 billion won (approximately 149 million yen) of tax was invested in rental of items such as tables and tents.
I found out that it was entered. However, the unit price of the rented items was almost the same as or higher than the market selling price. The management of the tournament is unclear, and there are suspicions that it is a waste of taxpayers' money.
This problem was pointed out by Jeong Woo-taek, a member of the ruling party People's Power. On the 31st, Rep. Chung submitted a proposal from the Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree Organizing Committee.
The materials were published. It included a breakdown of rental costs for five types of items, including a folding table, backrest chair, cooler box, field bed, and Mongolian tent.
The organizing committee entered into a contract with Company A in May of this year, and rented the items on the condition that the installation would begin at the end of June, before the start of the tournament, and that they would be returned after the end of the tournament (August 12). but rent
The unit price of the goods sold was about the same as or higher than the market selling price. For example, we rented 1,722 Mongolian tents measuring 5 meters in length and width, which were used as sunshades, and each tent cost 50 dollars.
I paid 10,000 won. A search on the Internet revealed that rental prices for Mongolian tents of the same standard ranged from 100,000 won to 600,000 won. 800 million for Mongolian tents alone
A budget of 61 million won was used. In addition, 1,728 styrofoam coolers (140 liters) were rented for 55,000 won each, and 9,504
10,000 won was paid. On the market, cooler boxes made of the same material and capacity are on sale for 50,000 to 60,000 won. We rented 6,912 folding tables at 30,000 won each, resulting in 200 million won.
7.36 million won was spent. The rental fee is 190.08 million won for a backrest chair (5,500 won, 34,560 pieces), and 4.48 million won for a field bed (70,000 won, 64 pieces).
paid as It is said that there was a recognition within the organizing committee that the rental unit prices for items were set relatively high. Officials at the committee said the reason for the high rental unit price was
, ``The rental unit price of a Mongolian tent includes installation, maintenance, and repair costs. explanation
did. He also said, ``Because we rented a large quantity of other items such as cooler boxes, the contractor had to purchase new items, which increased costs.''
However, Rep. Chung said, ``Even though six years have passed since the bid was finalized, the characteristics of the reclaimed land have not been taken into consideration.
Failing to prepare even the infrastructure is a serious dereliction of duty. We suspect that they used the people's tax money to rent goods that were priced higher than the market price.'' Also,"
"We need to thoroughly investigate whether there was any preferential bidding or fraud in past purchasing of goods or contracting with vendors."