Difference 1: Different definitions.
Government's purchase of services refers to a part of public services directly provided by the government, as well as the services that the government needs to give full play to the role of the market mechanism and perform its duties.
Government purchases service posts: including village officials, teaching, supporting agriculture, supporting doctors, helping the poor in rural areas, legal aid, employment assistance, social security assistants, cultural and scientific services, aged care services, home services for the disabled, and low-rent housing services in urban communities.
Difference 2: The recruitment mechanism is different.
The positions purchased by the government belong to the establishment of public institutions and need to pass the open recruitment examination; The government does not need to buy services.
Extended data
Matters needing attention
1. The purchaser shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Government Procurement Law, determine the undertaker by means of public bidding, invited bidding, competitive negotiation and single-source procurement.
2. Procurement quota standards, open tender amount standards, procurement mode audit, information disclosure, queries and complaints related to government procurement services shall be implemented in accordance with relevant laws and regulations on government procurement.
3. The purchaser shall, after the procurement budget is issued, prepare the government procurement implementation plan according to the requirements of government procurement management, and report it to the government procurement supervision department at the same level for the record to carry out procurement activities.
4. The purchaser shall promptly announce the procurement content, scale, qualification requirements for the contractor and relevant materials to be submitted to the public.
5. After the undertaker is determined according to the prescribed procedures, the purchaser shall sign a contract with the undertaker, and may take the forms of purchase, entrustment, lease, franchise and strategic cooperation according to the demand characteristics of the service project.
6. The contract shall specify the requirements for the content, duration, quantity, quality and price of the purchased services, as well as the method of fund settlement, the rights and obligations of both parties and the liability for breach of contract.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Government Purchasing Services
Baidu Encyclopedia: Career Establishment