Is it valid to pay the bid bond in advance but before the deadline?

In government procurement activities, in order to safeguard the interests of the tenderee, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Government Procurement Law has made relevant provisions on bid bond. For the payment of bid bond, Article 33 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Government Procurement Law stipulates that if the tender documents require bidders to submit bid bond, the bid bond shall not exceed 2% of the budgeted amount of the procurement project. The bid bond shall be submitted in non-cash form such as check, draft, promissory note or letter of guarantee issued by financial institutions and guarantee institutions. If the bidder fails to submit the bid bond according to the requirements of the tender documents, its bid is invalid. However, in government procurement activities, what should I do if the supplier pays the bid bond and is still disqualified? Recently, the person in charge of an agency introduced the situation she encountered to the reporter of Government Procurement Information.

According to her introduction, the deadline for submitting the bid bond is the same as that stipulated by law, and some suppliers pay the bid bond by telegraphic transfer. In practice, there will be such a situation: some suppliers submit the bid bond by wire transfer, although they have received it, but they can't find it at the bank port, and it takes time for the bank to process it in the background. At this time, it is the deadline for bidding. During the qualification examination, the supplier was deemed invalid because he could not find the bid bond. However, it was later found that the supplier had submitted the bid bond. What should I do?

According to the person in charge of the above-mentioned institutions, this situation has happened several times. In this regard, Yi Rong, manager of the bidding agency department of Jiaxing Yin Jian Engineering Consulting and Evaluation Co., Ltd., said in an interview with the reporter of "Government Procurement Information News" that under normal circumstances, government procurement activities require that the bid bond be received before the deadline for bidding, and if it is not received, it can only be judged as an invalid bid. If the bid bond is postponed due to bank reasons, the bank reasons will generally be inquired. If the bank can't provide strong evidence, it will be regarded as invalid bidding.

"From the release of the tender documents to the deadline for bidding, the time left for suppliers to submit the bid bond is still sufficient. It is recommended that suppliers fully consider the time when the bid bond arrives and submit it as soon as possible to avoid the situation that the deposit cannot be found due to delayed display. " Yi Rong suggested.

In view of the above problems, the person in charge of the government procurement supervision department of a finance bureau said in an interview with the reporter of the government procurement information newspaper that when making the bidding documents, it can be clear in the documents whether the bid bond is based on the transfer-out time or the arrival time. If the bid bond is not found in the bank within the specified time limit based on the transfer-out time, the supplier can continue to participate in government procurement activities with his own certificate; If it is clear that the time of receipt of the bid bond shall prevail, and the bid bond is not found in the bank within the specified deadline, the bid can only be judged invalid.

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