1. Information disclosure has just begun.
Timely access to public bidding information is the first step of successful bidding. According to the requirements of government procurement laws and regulations, public bidding information must be published on nationally recognized procurement websites, such as China government procurement website and local websites. At present, this requirement seems to have been implemented, and all bidders can learn the bidding information from various bidding websites. However, this information is rather sloppy, with only a simple project introduction and budget, and the specific content is unknown. If you want to know, please pay. The road to information disclosure is only a short one.
Paying the bid is still legal.
According to the government procurement law, procurement agencies and purchasers can charge a certain fee to make up for the cost of making and mailing the bidding documents, which is what you said, you have to pay to read the bidding documents.
The original intention of the law is to make up for the cost of making and mailing bidding documents, but in fact, with the use of information technology, electronic bidding documents have basically become the mainstream, and this cost can be ignored.
At present, the bidding documents issued by local government procurement centers (government background) have been obtained free of charge online, while social procurement institutions (for-profit institutions) still implement this regulation, with a bidding ranging from 200 to 300 yuan.
After the social procurement agencies release simple bidding information, they will give you the bidding documents only after you pay the money.
The problems caused by this simple phenomenon are not simple.
While social organizations make money, the bigger problem is the impact of selling tenders on bidding activities.
On the one hand, the sale of tenders increases the economic cost and time cost of bidders. A tender is not expensive, but it is still a big expense for some small and medium-sized enterprises one year later. Some institutions also require online registration or on-site registration, which greatly increases the cost of bidders and raises the bidding threshold.
On the other hand, all bidders' information has been mastered by the purchasing agency in advance because they have to register and pay fees, which provides convenience for bidding, collusion and control. At present, there are many reasons why the bidding market is not standardized, and this practice of paying for the bidding documents is one of the source factors.
4. It is the general trend to cancel the charges.
From the above analysis, it can be seen that paying for the bidding documents has become a means for agencies to make money and a black hand to promote fair competition in the procurement field.