(1) The main body of procurement
The main body of procurement in government procurement activities includes state organs, institutions and organizations at all levels. State organs are those organs at all levels that enjoy administrative power granted by the state in accordance with the law, have independent legal person status, and use the state budget as the funding for independent activities. Institutions refers to the state for the purpose of social welfare, organized by state organs or other organizations using state-owned assets, engaged in education, science and technology, culture, health and other activities of social service organizations; organizations refers to the citizens of our country voluntarily formed, in order to achieve the members *** agree to wish to carry out activities in accordance with its statute of the non-profit-making social organizations.
(2) Procurement Funds
Purchasers who use all or part of the financial funds to make purchases fall within the scope of management of government procurement. Financial funds include budgetary funds, extra-budgetary funds and governmental funds. Borrowings repaid with financial funds are regarded as financial funds.
(3) Procurement Content and Limit
The content of government procurement shall be goods, works and services within the Centralized Procurement Catalogue formulated by law, or goods, works and services that are not included in the Centralized Procurement Catalogue but whose procurement amount exceeds the stipulated limit standard.
The Centralized Purchasing Catalogue and the minimum limit standards for government procurement shall be prescribed by the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
The purchases in the "Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue" are generally goods, works and services common to each purchasing unit, such as computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, official cars, elevators, heating boilers and other goods, housing repair and renovation works, conference services, automobile repairs, insurance, gasoline and other services. The procurement content of the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue for central budgetary units also includes goods, works and services that are commonly used within the central departments, such as flood control, drought relief and disaster relief materials, medical equipment and instruments, meteorological special instruments, police equipment and supplies, quality inspection special instruments, and marine special instruments. The purchases in the Centralized Government Procurement Catalogue fall within the scope of government procurement regardless of the amount.
Purchases outside the "Centralized Government Procurement Catalog," the purchase amount exceeding the minimum standard of government procurement, also belong to the scope of government procurement. Since the implementation of the Government Procurement Law, the General Office of the State Council has announced that the minimum limit standards for government procurement by centralized budget units are 500,000 yuan for individual items or batches of goods and services, and 600,000 yuan for projects.
(4) Geographic Scope
The geographic scope of China's government procurement law governs government procurement activities engaged in within the territory of the Chinese People's **** and State.