Measures of Jiangsu Province for the Administration of Construction Project Cost

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the construction project cost management, standardize the construction project cost behavior and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties involved in the project construction, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Construction Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the determination, control and related supervision and management activities of construction project cost within the administrative area of this province.

The term "construction projects" as mentioned in these Measures refers to all kinds of housing construction and municipal infrastructure, as well as supporting lines, pipelines and equipment installation projects. The cost management of transportation, water conservancy, electric power and other projects shall be implemented in accordance with laws, regulations and relevant state regulations.

The term "construction project cost" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the expenses incurred due to construction activities during the period from preliminary preparation to delivery. Article 3 The principles of legality, objectivity, impartiality, honesty and credibility shall be followed in engineering cost activities, and public interests and the legitimate rights and interests of others shall not be harmed. Article 4 The construction administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of construction project cost activities within their respective administrative areas, and the specific work shall be implemented by the construction project cost management institutions entrusted by them.

The development and reform, finance, auditing and price departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of construction project cost according to their respective responsibilities. Fifth construction engineering cost industry associations should establish and improve the self-discipline mechanism, and play the role of industry guidance, service and coordination. Chapter II Valuation Management of Construction Projects Article 6 Valuation of construction projects refers to the activities of determining and controlling the cost of construction projects, mainly including:

(a) to prepare and review the investment estimate, preliminary design estimate, construction drawing budget, bill of quantities, tender base price, tender control price and tender offer;

(2) Negotiate and adjust the contract price;

(three) the implementation of project measurement and payment of project price;

(four) for engineering claims and visa changes, project settlement and final accounts;

(five) to deal with the construction project cost disputes and carry out the construction project cost appraisal;

(six) other activities related to the determination and control of construction project cost. Seventh construction project valuation basis refers to the various norms, standards, quotas, cost information and project cost management system used in construction project cost activities. Eighth estimation index, budget index, budget quota and cost quota shall be formulated by the administrative department of housing and urban and rural construction of the province in conjunction with the administrative departments of development and reform, finance and other provinces.

Budget quota (valuation table), labor quota, construction machinery machine-team quota and time limit for a project quota shall be formulated by the provincial administrative department of housing and urban and rural construction. Article 9 The determination of construction project cost shall meet the following requirements:

(a) the feasibility study stage of a construction project shall prepare an investment estimate. Investment estimation should refer to the investment estimation index and the relevant valuation basis such as price, interest rate and exchange rate changes during the construction period, and be compiled by a qualified compilation unit or engineering cost consulting enterprise, and be reported to the competent investment department for examination and approval in accordance with regulations;

(two) the preliminary design stage of the construction project shall prepare the design budget. Under the control of investment estimation, the design budget should be compiled by a qualified design unit or engineering cost consulting enterprise according to the relevant valuation basis such as budget estimation index and budget estimation quota, and reported to the investment department for approval according to regulations;

(three) the construction drawing budget should be prepared in the implementation stage of the construction project. The construction drawing budget is determined by the construction unit, the construction unit or the qualified engineering cost consulting enterprise entrusted by it according to the approved construction drawing, construction organization design scheme, project quota, pricing standard and other relevant pricing basis;

(4) The bill of quantities, tender control price or pre-tender estimate of a construction project shall be compiled by a qualified project cost consulting and tendering agency according to the approved construction drawings, tender documents, project quota, pricing norms and the guidance price issued by the construction project cost management agency, and approved by the construction unit, and the construction unit that has the conditions to organize the tender by itself may also compile and determine it by itself;

(5) The bidding quotation shall be determined by the bidding enterprise independently according to the construction drawing, bidding documents, construction organization design, enterprise quota or related quota, and considering the changes of market environment and production factor prices, and shall not be lower than the enterprise cost;

(6) The project settlement is based on the valid documents recognized by the Employer and the Contractor, such as the construction project contract, supplementary agreement and visa change. , compiled by the contractor or its entrusted engineering cost consulting enterprise with corresponding qualifications, and determined after being audited by the employer or its entrusted engineering cost consulting enterprise with corresponding qualifications;

(seven) the final accounts of construction projects shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of the state and the province on financial accounts. Article 10 Under the macro-control of the government, the construction contract and contract price of a construction project are formed by independent quotation of enterprises and market competition.

The construction contract and contract price of a construction project can be priced by bill of quantities or by project quota. Eleventh all the use of state-owned capital investment, state-owned capital investment in the holding or leading position of engineering construction projects (hereinafter referred to as state-owned capital investment projects), must be priced by bill of quantities.

If the state-owned capital investment projects are contracted by tender, the tender control price shall be prepared.

The budgetary estimate for the design of state-owned capital investment projects approved by the competent investment department is the highest limit for the investment and cost control of construction projects, and shall not be adjusted or broken at will without the approval of the original project examination and approval department.

In addition to the relevant provisions of this chapter, the construction drawing budget, project settlement and final accounts of project completion of construction projects invested by government financial funds must also be reviewed by the financial department at the same level.

State-owned capital investment projects and government financial capital investment construction projects shall be subject to audit supervision according to law, and the audited entity shall implement the audit decision made by the auditing organ according to law.