What qualifications do PPP consulting services need?

At present, domestic PPP projects will not require consulting institutions to have engineering consulting qualifications. For example, the PPP Center of the Ministry of Finance, the PPP Center of Henan Province, the PPP Center of Jilin Province, and the PPP Center of Fujian Province did not set qualification requirements for consulting institutions, but paid more attention to the professional capabilities of consulting institutions in business, finance, law, risk control, and the consulting performance of similar projects.

Obviously, as a typical example of the country's exploration in the field of PPP, Jiangsu's "methodology" in selecting the second batch of professional consulting services for PPP projects has undergone fundamental changes.

According to the Notice of Jiangsu Province on Promoting the Cooperation between Government and Social Capital (PPP) Mode (Su [2065438+04] No.85) and the Announcement of the First Batch of Professional Consulting Services for PPP Projects in Jiangsu Province (Su [2065438+04] No.77), the qualification requirements of PPP consulting services are not clear.

Many people engaged in PPP research suggest that Jiangsu does not have this qualification in the selection of the first batch of consulting institutions, and should maintain the consistency of requirements, because relevant laws and policies prohibit setting unreasonable conditions to exclude bidders.

According to Article 32 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Bidding Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), "a tenderer shall not restrict or exclude potential bidders or bidders with unreasonable conditions." Therefore, in the absence of relevant laws and regulations, it is legal and compliant not to set qualification requirements.