Projects that meet the following circumstances can use competitive consultation to carry out procurement:
(1) government purchase of services;
(2) technically complex or special nature, can not determine the detailed specifications or specific requirements;
(3) due to art procurement, patents, proprietary technology or services, the time and quantity of the time and quantity of services can not be determined in advance and other Reasons can not be calculated in advance the total price;
(d) market competition is not sufficient scientific research projects, as well as the need to support the transformation of scientific and technological achievements;
(e) in accordance with the Bidding Law and its implementing regulations must be bidding for the construction of projects other than engineering and construction projects.
Expanded:
According to "Interim Measures for the Administration of Competitive Consultation on Procurement Methods in Government Procurement":
Article 4 of the procurement of goods and services that have reached the amount of the standard of public tendering, and are to be used in the form of competitive consultation on procurement methods, the procurer shall report to the competent budgetary authority before the commencement of the procurement activities, and shall report to the competent budgetary authority before the commencement of the procurement activities. Before the commencement of the procurement activities, the purchaser shall apply for approval from the financial department of the people's government of the city or autonomous prefecture above the district in accordance with the law after obtaining the consent of the competent budget unit.
Article 5 of the purchaser, the procurement agency shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Government Procurement Law and these measures to organize and carry out competitive consultation, and to take the necessary measures to ensure that the consultation is carried out in strict confidentiality.
No unit or individual shall unlawfully intervene to influence the consultation process and results.
Article VI of the purchaser, the purchasing agent shall, through the announcement, from the provincial level or above, randomly selected from the supplier pool established by the financial department or the purchaser and the evaluation experts were recommended in writing to invite not less than three suppliers who meet the appropriate qualifications to participate in the competitive consultation of procurement activities.
Suppliers meeting the conditions set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 22 of the Government Procurement Law may join the supplier pool before the start of procurement activities. The finance department shall not charge any fees for suppliers' application for joining the pool, and shall not utilize the supplier pool for regional and industry blocking.
To take the purchaser and evaluation experts written recommendations for the selection of suppliers, the purchaser and evaluation experts shall each issue a written recommendation. Procurers recommend the proportion of suppliers shall not be higher than 50% of the total number of recommended suppliers.
Article VII of the announcement to invite suppliers, the purchaser, the purchasing agent shall be in the people's government at or above the provincial level, the financial sector designated by the government procurement information dissemination media release of the competitive consultation announcement. Competitive consultation announcement shall include the following main contents:
(a) the name, location and contact method of the purchaser, procurement agency;
(b) the name, quantity, brief specification description of the procurement project or the basic project profile;
(c) the budget of the procurement project;
(d) the qualification conditions for suppliers;
(v) the time, place and manner of obtaining consultation documents and the selling price of consultation documents;
(vi) the deadline for submission of response documents, opening time and place;
(vii) the name and telephone number of the contact person for the procurement project.
Article VIII of the competitive consultation documents (hereinafter referred to as consultation documents) shall be formulated in accordance with the characteristics of the procurement project and the actual needs of the purchaser, and agreed to by the purchaser in writing. The procurer shall meet the actual needs of the principle, shall not raise the funding budget and asset allocation and other procurement standards.
Consultation documents shall not require or indicate the name of the supplier or the brand of specific goods, and shall not contain technical, service and other conditions pointing to a specific supplier.
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