Measures for the Administration of Construction Project Cost in Hunan Province

Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of construction project cost, standardize the pricing behavior of construction project cost, reasonably determine and effectively control the project cost, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties involved in the project construction, these Measures are formulated in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the construction project cost and its management within the administrative area of this province. Article 3 The construction administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the construction project cost management within their respective administrative areas, and the specific work shall be entrusted to their project cost management institutions.

The development and reform, finance, auditing, transportation, water conservancy, civil air defense and other departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, do a good job in the management of related project costs.

Provincial transportation, water conservancy, civil air defense and other systems professional cost management institutions, responsible for the specific work of this system project cost management, business to accept the guidance of provincial project cost management institutions. Article 4 The term "construction project cost" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the total cost of a construction project from preliminary preparation to completion, acceptance and delivery, including the following items:

(a) construction and installation costs, including direct costs, indirect costs, reasonable profits of construction enterprises and statutory taxes and fees;

(two) the purchase cost of equipment and tools, including the purchase cost of all kinds of equipment, tools and appliances purchased or made by ourselves for construction projects that meet the standards of fixed assets;

(3) Other engineering construction costs, including land use right acquisition fees, survey and design fees, engineering supervision fees, consulting fees of intermediary institutions, research and test fees, bidding fees, management fees of construction units, temporary facilities fees of construction units, engineering insurance fees, etc.;

(4) Reserve funds, including basic reserve funds and reserve funds for price increase;

(five) the interest that the construction unit should pay for the loans and bonds issued for the construction project during the construction period;

(six) taxes, administrative fees and government funds for construction projects;

(seven) other expenses that should be included in the project cost as stipulated by the state. Fifth building installation fees, equipment and tools purchase fees, survey and design fees, project supervision fees, agency consulting fees, etc. The cost of the project under construction shall be agreed by the construction unit and the contractor in the contract.

Projects that must be subject to tender according to law shall be subject to tender, and projects that fall within the scope of government procurement shall be subject to government procurement. Article 6 The provincial engineering cost management institution shall, according to the engineering construction norms and construction engineering quality standards stipulated by the state, compile the consumption indexes of construction engineering labor, materials, equipment and construction machinery, and release them after expert review or hearing, so as to provide a basis for the construction engineering cost valuation.

Traffic, water conservancy, civil air defense and other professional projects are priced according to the industry cost pricing basis issued by the relevant departments of the State Council.

The project cost management institutions of cities, autonomous prefectures and counties (cities) divided into districts shall timely collect and publish the market prices and indirect rates of labor, materials and construction machinery within their respective administrative areas, the average profit rate of construction enterprises, the average index of project cost, the changing trend of material prices and other cost information, so as to provide reference for the valuation of various construction projects. Seventh construction project cost valuation includes the following contents:

(a) preparation of investment estimates;

(two) the preparation of the design budget;

(three) the preparation of construction drawing budget;

(four) the preparation of the bill of quantities and the pre-tender estimate;

(five) the preparation of tender offer;

(six) agreed project contract price;

(seven) for the completion of the settlement and final accounts. Article 8 The investment estimate, design estimate and construction drawing budget shall be compiled according to the valuation basis specified in the first or second paragraph of Article 6 of these Measures and with reference to the cost information specified in the third paragraph of Article 6 of these Measures, so as to reasonably predict the changing trend of prices, interest rates and exchange rates from the project preparation period to the project completion period. Article 9 The approved investment estimate or design estimate is the maximum investment limit of a construction project that is wholly invested or mainly invested by state-owned funds, and shall not be exceeded without the approval of the project examination and approval department. Tenth all the construction projects that use state-owned capital investment or state-owned capital investment as the main body, the bidding of construction and installation projects should adopt the bill of quantities valuation method. Bidding for construction and installation projects invested by non-state-owned funds shall be carried out by means of bill of quantities.

For construction and installation projects that are not subject to tender according to law, the contract price of the project shall be determined by the contracting unit and the contractor through equal consultation according to the construction drawing budget. Article 11 For construction and installation projects priced by bill of quantities, the construction unit shall, according to the construction design documents, prepare the bill of quantities according to the project name, project code, measurement unit and measurement rules stipulated in the Code for Valuation of Bill of Quantities for Construction Projects.

For construction and installation projects that must be subject to tender and require the preparation of pre-tender estimate, the pre-tender estimate shall be calculated and determined in accordance with the quantities specified in the bill of quantities and with reference to the cost information specified in the third paragraph of Article 6 of these Measures. The bill of quantities shall be provided to the bidder as an integral part of the tender documents. Article 12 A bidder shall determine the tender offer according to the actual situation of the quantities in the bill of quantities and the labor productivity of the enterprise.

The bid price of the winning bidder is the contract price of the project, which shall not be changed when signing the contract.