What is the price limit? The so-called price limit refers to the tender offer set by the tenderer according to the principle of pre-tender estimate in the bidding of engineering projects. The price limit set by the tenderer shall be based on the usual conditions for completing the engineering tasks within the scope of the project subject to tender, and comprehensively consider the factors such as construction organization and methods, time limit and quality requirements, necessary technical measures, market supply and demand, possible risks in contract implementation, and attach the key points of construction organization design to explain the main construction methods, technical measures and mechanical equipment configuration for setting the price limit. This requires the tenderer to set the price limit reasonably and scientifically, and announce the price limit in time and effectively.
Problems and reasons of adopting price limit
First of all, unscientific and casual. Some price limits are set by the leaders of the tendering units. In this year's 1 1 price limit project in a county, the price limit agreed by the administrative leaders and managers is all based on the lower price in the current market. Generally speaking, it is based on the price per square meter in the market, and then it is slightly relaxed. As for the particularity of the project subject to tender, the possible risks during the construction period or the interests required by the winning bidder, no inquiry will be made. L county government conference center underground foundation pit protection project set a price limit of 550 thousand yuan for external bidding, and no one responded after two tenders. At the repeated request of the tendering and bidding supervision organization, the manager has to entrust the local engineering cost compilation department to consider the current market supply and demand situation and necessary technical measures according to the provisions of the pricing specification. General level enterprises also need 6901.98 million yuan to complete the project, which is 1.5 million yuan higher than the original price limit. There is such a big disparity in such a small project, so it is no wonder that construction enterprises look at the ocean and sigh.
Secondly, the understanding is incorrect, which is illegal and confidential. At the bid opening meeting, a bidder tore open the envelope of price limit in public, mysteriously and cautiously took out the stationery stamped with the company seal and announced the price limit. This note is stamped with the official seal of the unit to show the price limit of collective research, not that person's. I don't know, this kind of behavior is completely the "good intention to do bad things" of the bidding purchaser. Because the scientific and reasonable price limit does not need to be kept secret, it needs to be completely open for others to check, in order to prevent those high-cost enterprises from bidding.
Thirdly, the price limit is unreasonable, the announcement time is wrong, and there are many doubts. Due to the lack of professional knowledge and some factors in determining the price limit, the purchasers of some bidding projects can not be recognized in the evaluation of the bid evaluation Committee, which leads to the need to break through the price limit. As a result, some bidders have doubts that bidders intentionally crowd out others, or that the bid evaluation committee is biased, and the supervision of government procurement agencies is unfair, even resulting in some unnecessary individual visits and collective visits.
The generation of countermeasure price limit must be scientific and reasonable.
Professional institutions (such as construction engineering cost firms) that have obtained corresponding professional qualification certificates recognized by the state and should bear corresponding responsibilities should comprehensively calculate various factors through legal operating procedures.
First, based on the usual conditions, the tenderer should first consider whether the project can complete the required and general market price under normal conditions;
Second, considering the cost factors needed to complete the project, the tenderee should comprehensively consider the actual cost of the production process of the purchased products and the necessary technical measures, that is, the construction organization and methods, the required construction period and quality requirements, and should also pay attention to the personality of the project subject to tender. If there are special contents and requirements, the price limit should be raised or lowered accordingly;
Third, to accurately judge the market supply and demand situation, the material price of the project will fluctuate in the peak season and off-season, which is an objective factor that must be considered;
Fourth, in the process of contract execution, due to the long construction time and many unpredictable or uncertain factors, some risks and other factors should be included in the cost; In addition, it is usually called the project preparation fee, which is generally used by the tenderer, but when setting the price limit, its share in the total price should be indicated in the tender documents. It should be noted that once the price limit is determined by a professional institution with corresponding qualifications, it is necessary to affix not only the special seal for the price limit set by the corresponding professional qualified personnel, but also the unit seal of the institution where the professional qualified personnel work, so as to show that they are responsible for the price limit and bear due legal responsibilities when necessary.
The announcement of the price limit must be open and fair.
First, it should be announced in due course. Generally, the tenderer should announce the price limit one week before the deadline for bidding, because the tenderer can decide the bidding price according to the input cost estimated by the enterprise itself and the market situation at that time, so as to decide whether to bid; If the price limit is announced too late, it will be unfair to bidders who exceed the price limit if it is announced at the bid opening meeting. Because according to the bidding documents, it is a pity that the bidder spent manpower, material resources and financial resources to bid, but it became a waste bid just because it was higher than the price limit of the tenderer. If the price limit had been known early, the bidder could decide to lower the bid price and participate in the bidding, or not to bid. Therefore, considering all kinds of factors, the tenderer should announce the price limit at least three days before the deadline for bidding, so that potential bidders have time to make a final decision.
Second, we must grasp the openness. After the price limit is determined, it shall be published in the media that originally published the information of the project subject to tender, so that all potential bidders have the opportunity to consult and collect it; At the same time, it should also be published on the Internet or the information bulletin board of local bidding projects by the bidding supervision institution in charge of bidding projects to accept the inquiries of potential bidders; In order to prevent potential bidders from being unable to check the price limit, the tenderer may also send two or more people to call all potential bidders in time and make records for future reference.
Third, fairness. The price limit should be announced: all potential bidders should know it at the same time, and it should be made public to all tenderers at least three days before the deadline for bidding.
The seriousness of setting "price limit" must be maintained. In this regard, the institutions responsible for bidding supervision and management must perform their duties of adjudication and investigation according to law. If the price limit is unscientific and unreasonable, the tenderee or qualified compilation unit shall bear corresponding responsibilities; The quotation above the price limit should be an unacceptable bidding document for the tenderer, and the bidder should be responsible for it. Within the price limit, there is no substantive problem that can be invalidated according to other laws and regulations. The legal winning bidder must be determined among the candidates recommended by the bid evaluation committee according to the bidding documents and relevant laws and regulations.