Competitive negotiation (i.e., competitive bidding procurement) is not necessary to carry out the second quote, when the bidding documents on the lowest price, must be directly adopted the lowest price.
The most important feature of competitive negotiation bidding and procurement is that it has an irrevocable nature, once the lowest evaluated bid, the procuring entity must choose it, and may not propose to the winning supplier any requirements other than those that have been expressly provided for in the bidding documents.
The procuring entity may in some cases find that the equipment tendered by some suppliers is indeed very good and is willing to purchase it, but because the supplier is not the lowest evaluated bid despite the fact that its offer does not exceed the budget, the procuring entity cannot select the supplier that tendered. This situation is a loss for both the procuring entity and the supplier.
Expanded Information:
After the negotiation, the negotiation team shall ask all the suppliers participating in the negotiation to make the final offer within the specified time, and the Procurement Center shall organize the on-site public singing of bids. After the negotiation offer time is closed, the Procurement Center will organize the negotiation team to prepare for the negotiation:
1. The negotiation team will read the negotiation documents in the designated place and be familiar with the evaluation criteria.
2. The negotiation team will check the sealing of the tender documents and will not open the offer documents with damaged seals.
3, the negotiation team to review the conformity of the offer documents (refer to the bidding documents conformity review of the relevant content), conformity does not meet the requirements of the negotiation documents, as invalid offer documents.
4, the negotiation team review, analyze and compare the valid offer documents, put forward the need to clarify, explain the list of issues, and put forward the negotiation points.
Negotiation points vary according to the project, but at least should contain the scope, quality, price, technical programs, after-sales service commitments and other key elements.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Competitive Tendering and Procurement
Baidu Encyclopedia - Competitive Negotiation