Notice of Jiangsu Province on Further Implementing Relevant Measures to Optimize the Business Environment of Government Procurement

District Management Committee, township people's governments, municipal government departments, directly affiliated units, organizations, municipal public resource trading centers, and government procurement social agencies:

In order to enhance the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in government procurement and further optimize the business environment of government procurement in our city, according to the Notice of the Ministry of Finance on Promoting Fair Competition in Government Procurement and Optimizing the Business Environment (Caiku [2019] No.38), the Administrative Measures of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Ministry of Finance on Promoting the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Caiku [2020] No.46) and Haian 2022 Business

First, carefully formulate the implementation plan of reserved procurement share.

All competent budget units should strengthen the main responsibility, pay attention to source management, organize and evaluate the government procurement projects of their own departments and subordinate units in combination with the actual work of their own departments and government procurement budget arrangements, deeply analyze the demand and characteristics of procurement projects, study the measures and feasibility of reserving procurement shares, co-ordinate the implementation of small and medium-sized enterprises to reserve procurement shares, and implement small-scale procurement projects (above the procurement limit, in principle, all goods and services procurement projects below 2 million yuan and engineering procurement projects below 4 million yuan). More than 30% of the goods and services with more than 2 million yuan and the engineering procurement projects with more than 4 million yuan are reserved for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The second is the measures to reasonably determine the reserved share.

The purchaser should strengthen the management of procurement demand, reasonably determine the procurement demand, comprehensively analyze the nature and characteristics of the procurement object, the degree of market competition, the procurement demand, the actual work and other factors, choose the best way to reserve the procurement project as a whole, set up a special procurement package, invite the consortium to participate or invite the winning supplier to subcontract, and ensure the implementation of supporting policies and the quality and efficiency of the procurement project.

Third, standardize and determine the industry to which the purchasing object belongs.

The purchaser and the procurement agency shall, according to the provisions of the classification standards for small and medium-sized enterprises formulated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other four ministries and commissions, and according to the specific circumstances of the procurement project, specify the industries to which the classification standards for small and medium-sized enterprises corresponding to the procurement objects belong in the procurement documents. If the procurement project involves multiple procurement objects, the purchaser shall reasonably determine the project attributes, and specify the industry to which the SME classification standard corresponding to each procurement object belongs one by one in the procurement documents. The supplier shall judge whether it belongs to small and medium-sized enterprises according to the classification standard corresponding to the industry specified in the procurement documents, and submit a declaration letter for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Four, strictly implement the preferential policy of price review.

For the projects that are not reserved for the procurement of small and medium-sized enterprises after overall planning by the competent budget unit, and the procurement packages that are not reserved in the reserved share projects, the purchasers and procurement agencies should strictly implement the preferential policies for price evaluation stipulated in the Measures for the Administration of Government Procurement to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Before the emergency response to the COVID-19 epidemic is terminated, the purchaser and procurement agency will deduct10% of the price of goods or services from the above-mentioned items or procurement packages; For the above-mentioned projects or engineering projects in the procurement package, the purchaser and procurement agency will deduct 5% from the prices of small and micro enterprises that meet the requirements of the Measures, and use the deducted prices to participate in the review.

Five, strictly implement the prepayment system of government procurement funds.

Where the government purchases goods and services, the purchaser shall stipulate the time and proportion of advance payment in the government procurement contract, and the advance payment for goods procurement projects shall not be less than 30% of the contract amount in principle. For labor-oriented service procurement projects, the advance payment ratio may be appropriately reduced, but it shall not be less than 10%. When signing the contract, if the supplier clearly indicates that there is no need for advance payment or actively requests to reduce the proportion of advance payment, the purchaser may not apply the above provisions.

Six, cancel the performance bond of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Reduce the cost of small and medium-sized enterprises participating in government procurement, and exempt small and medium-sized enterprises with no bad records in government procurement credit files from performance bond. The purchaser is encouraged to waive the performance bond or reduce the payment ratio for other successful suppliers (except small and medium-sized enterprises with no bad records in government procurement credit files) according to the characteristics of the project and the integrity of suppliers, and make it clear in the procurement documents.

Support and encourage suppliers to submit performance bond insurance, and the winning bidder (clinch a deal) can independently choose an insurance company that meets the requirements of the Trial Measures to handle performance bond insurance [among them, the winning bidder (clinch a deal) who purchases centrally can handle insurance online in the "Performance Bond Insurance" module of Nantong Public Resource Trading Financial Service Platform (/NTdzbhweb/supermarket/)].

Seven. Other requirements

(1) All procurement units and procurement agencies should fully understand the significance of maintaining fair market order and optimizing the business environment of government procurement, strengthen organizational leadership, clarify work responsibilities, make careful arrangements, strengthen supervision and inspection, implement accountability, and ensure that all requirements are put in place. Incorporating policies to promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises into procurement documents will effectively improve the quality of government procurement documents and ensure that the rights and interests of every potential supplier are effectively and reasonably protected. At the same time, strengthen communication and feedback to form a joint effort to promote the continuous optimization of the government procurement business environment in our city.

(II) The unit in charge of budget and the district (town) Finance Bureau should strengthen the business guidance, supervision and inspection on the subordinate units' implementation of measures related to promoting fair competition in government procurement and optimizing the business environment, and timely interview, urge rectification and investigate the corresponding responsibilities as appropriate. The Municipal Finance Bureau will strengthen supervision through daily supervision and key inspections, promote advanced experience and practices in a timely manner, report negative typical cases that have a negative impact on the business environment of government procurement in our city, and find that violations of laws and regulations will be dealt with according to law.

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