Provisions for scoring quotations in government procurement

Government procurement program, the price of competition is extremely important aspect. Purchasers, purchasing agents often set the price score, through the supplier's response to the price score as a way to judge its bid (response) advantages and disadvantages of an aspect (comprehensive scoring method). So, the price score set how much is appropriate? After reading these 10 questions and answers, I believe you will have a deeper understanding of this issue.

1. Government procurement bidding program price points set up is not the upper limit of the provisions?

A: Yes, in addition to the government information system procurement, government procurement of goods and services bidding program is currently only the lower limit of the provisions, there is no upper limit. However, if the price score is set too high, will lead to more and more close to the lowest bid evaluation method, the comprehensive scoring method will lose its meaning.

Legal basis

"Government Procurement of Goods and Services Bidding Management" (Ministry of Finance Decree No. 87) Article 55 The price of goods items accounted for the proportion of the total score shall not be less than 30%; the price of service items accounted for the proportion of the total score shall not be less than 10%.

"Interim Measures for the Administration of Government Procurement of Government Information Systems" (Caiku [2017] No. 210) Article IX of the government information system using the bidding method of procurement, the comprehensive scoring method should be used; the use of non-tendering method of procurement, should be used in the form of competitive consultation or single-source procurement. In addition to single-source procurement method, government information system procurement of goods, the price of the total score should be 30%; procurement of services, the price of the total score should be 10%. Unable to determine the project is goods or services, by the purchaser in accordance with the principle of implementation of the procurement project to determine the attributes of the project.

2. The use of fixed-price procurement, you can not set the price as a factor in the evaluation?

A: According to the "Government procurement of goods and services bidding methods" (Ministry of Finance Decree No. 87) Article 55: "the implementation of the national unified pricing standards and the use of fixed-price procurement projects, the price is not included as a factor in the evaluation. Therefore, the service project using open tendering procurement method, if the fixed price, the evaluation factors can not set the price as an evaluation factor.

Legal basis

"Government Procurement of Goods and Services Bidding Management" (Ministry of Finance Decree No. 87) Article 55 Comprehensive scoring method, refers to the bidding documents to meet all the substantive requirements of the bidding documents, and in accordance with the quantitative indicators of the evaluation factors of the assessment of the highest score of the bidders for the winning candidate bid evaluation method. The price of goods items accounted for the weight of the total score shall not be less than 30%; service items accounted for the weight of the total score shall not be less than 10%. The implementation of national pricing standards and the use of fixed-price procurement projects, the price is not included as a factor in the evaluation.

3. Greening and cleaning services project public tender, how to set the price points?

A: In practice, only comprehensive scoring method involves price points set. Green cleaning services technology, service standardization is very strong, more open tendering minimum bid evaluation method. If the comprehensive scoring method, according to the "government procurement of goods and services bidding methods" (Ministry of Finance Decree No. 87) Article 55 provides that the price of service projects accounted for the proportion of the total score shall not be less than 10%.

4. Government procurement projects using comprehensive scoring method, the price score over 60% compliance?

A: Compliance. Government Procurement of Goods and Services Bidding Management Measures (Ministry of Finance Decree No. 87) Article 55 of the price of points only to do the lower limit requirements, but there is no upper limit requirements. However, this does not mean that the purchaser can set the price points without limit, because the greater the score, the scoring method is closer to the "lowest bid evaluation method", "comprehensive scoring method" has lost its significance.

5. Competitive negotiation of goods, services, price points are how much?

A: Competitive negotiation procurement can only use comprehensive scoring method of evaluation, "government procurement competitive negotiation procurement mode management interim measures" (Caiku [2014] No. 214) only provides a comprehensive scoring method of the price of goods items accounted for the proportion of the total score (i.e., the weight) of 30% to 60%, the price of service items accounted for the proportion of the total score (i.e., the weight) of 10% to 30%. There is no requirement for the allocation of points in the evaluation of tenders for engineering procurement. Therefore, the project procurement according to the needs of the project can be reasonably set.

Legal basis

"Interim Measures for the Administration of Competitive Consultation in Government Procurement Procurement" (Caiku [2014] No. 214) Article 23 After the consultation to determine the final procurement requirements and submit the final offer of the supplier, the consultative group to submit the final offer of the supplier's response to the final offer of the response document and the final offer of the comprehensive scoring method. Article 24 of the comprehensive scoring method of the price of goods items accounted for the proportion of the total score (i.e., the weight) of 30% to 60%, the price of service items accounted for the proportion of the total score (i.e., the weight) of 10% to 30%. Procurement projects containing different procurement objects, the highest proportion of project funds to determine the project object of its project attributes.

6. Competitive negotiation for the procurement of goods, the comprehensive score in the offer score set 60 points reasonable?

A: reasonable and legal. Competitive consultation, comprehensive scoring method of goods items price points accounted for the proportion of the total score (i.e., weight) of 30% to 60%, 60 points for the highest limit (percentage).