The State Development Planning Commission (SDPC),
State Economic
and Trade Commission and the ministries of construction,
railway, communications, information industry and water resources,
lately issued Provisional Regulations on Public Bidding Assessment
and Appraisal Committee Members in a move to regulate behaviors
involving public bidding and public bidding assessment.
The Regulations constitute a significant amendment to the Law of
the People's Republic of China on Inviting and Bidding Tenders.
According to the Regulations, public bidding appraisal committee
members shall not undertake appraisals under the following four
conditions:
1.
Committee members are relatives of bidders,
2.
Committee members are also working as personnel under chief project
departments or administrative supervision departments,
3.
Committee members have close relations with bidding tenders,
4.
Committee members were ever punished for illegal behaviors in
related public bidding inviting or bidding appraisal activities
Regarding the problem of bidders not to publicize bidding
appraising standard in bidding documents or randomly make change to
the appraisal standard and method, the Regulations stipulates that
the bidding appraisal committee shall conduct a systematic check
into the documents according to provisions. The committee shall not
take unregulated standard or method in bidding inviting documents
as appraising basis.
The Regulations also set standards for the bidding prices given by
competitors lower than the cost quotation. The Regulations also
makes strict provisions on qualifications for winning bidders and
legal responsibilities for persons concerned in the appraising
activities.
Besides the Regulations, the commission also promulgated Provisions
on Construction Projects Bidding Inviting Range and Scale Standard,
Provisional Method on Public Bidding Announcement, and Trial Method
on Construction Projects Voluntary Bidding.
( 08/03/2001)