Is it necessary to invite tenders for the procurement of production and operation materials and business consulting services of secondary units of central enterprises?

Although the source of funds for purchasing operating materials and consulting services by state-owned enterprises is state-owned funds, procurement projects that do not need to be approved according to construction projects do not belong to the scope of bidding according to law. Purchasers can make their own internal procurement management system, purchase by voluntary bidding, or purchase by non-bidding methods such as negotiation and inquiry.

For the procurement of business materials and consulting services of enterprises, in order to make the procurement process more scientific and standardized, it is suggested that centralized procurement should be carried out with reference to the industry recommended standards in the Sub-rules for Centralized Procurement of Enterprises in the Specification for Bidding Procurement Agents. The standard divides the scale of centralized procurement organization into three basic modes: batch centralized bidding procurement, centralized prequalification bidding procurement and agreement centralized bidding procurement, which can be applied to different types of procurement objects and actual situations.