South Korea’s National Tax Service announced a tender for the procurement of cryptocurrency transaction tracking software.

According to the Korea National Comprehensive Electronic Procurement System, the National Tax Service of Korea has issued an urgent tender notice titled “Procurement of Software License for Tracking Transactions to Combat Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion.” The notice states that the procurement budget is KRW 146,500,000; the procurement item is information retrieval software, with a quantity of one set; the delivery deadline is 30 days; and the delivery location is the National Tax Service and its affiliated agencies. The tender information specifies that only enterprises registered as “Software Business Operators (Computer-Related Services)” are eligible to bid. Proposal and bid submissions must be made between 10:00 a.m. on April 28 and 10:00 a.m. on April 30, and the bid opening will take place at 11:00 a.m. on April 30.