How to invite tenders for classified projects

Legal analysis: government agencies and units should abide by the confidentiality provisions when publicly releasing information and purchasing projects, goods and services involving state secrets. The selection methods and procurement processes stipulated in public bidding, invitation bidding, competitive negotiation, inquiry and single-source procurement cannot be directly applied to government procurement involving national security and secrets. The legal system related to information security focuses on network security, especially the information security involved in Internet use. The direct consequence of the above-mentioned legal docking is that the information security and information protection in the process of government procurement of goods, projects and services are in a legal blank.

Legal basis: Article 11 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Guarding State Secrets, the specific scope of state secrets and their classification shall be stipulated by the state secrecy administrative department in conjunction with foreign affairs, public security, national security and other relevant central departments. The specific scope of military state secrets and their classification shall be stipulated by the Central Military Commission (CMC). Provisions on the specific scope of state secrets and their classification shall be published within the relevant scope and adjusted in time according to changes in the situation.