What is the difference between competitive consultation, competitive negotiation and public bidding?

The differences are as follows:

1. The methods of determining suppliers are different

Public bidding invites unspecified suppliers to participate in the bidding by issuing announcements;

In addition to issuing announcements, competitive negotiations and competitive consultations can also be made by written recommendations from purchasers and review experts, or randomly selected from the supplier database established by the financial department at or above the provincial level.

2. Document release dates are different

The requirements for public bidding are from the date when the bidding documents are issued to the deadline for bidders to submit bid documents, which shall not be less than 20 days;

The requirements for competitive negotiation are from the date the negotiation document is issued to the deadline for the supplier to submit the first response document, which shall not be less than 3 working days;

Competitive negotiation The requirements are from the date when the competitive consultation document is issued to the deadline for the supplier to submit the first response document, which shall not be less than 10 days.

3. Different time limits for clarification and modification

If necessary clarification or modification of the bidding documents that have been issued is required for public bidding, the content that needs to be clarified or modified may affect the supply. If the supplier's response documents are prepared, all potential bidders who have obtained the bidding documents shall be notified in writing at least 15 days before the bidding deadline; if it is less than 15 days, the deadline for suppliers to submit bidding documents shall be extended.

The regulations of competitive negotiation are to notify all suppliers who receive negotiation documents in writing 3 working days before the deadline for submitting first response documents. If it is less than 3 working days, the supplier shall be postponed. Deadline for submission of first response documents.

The regulations for competitive consultation are to notify all suppliers who have obtained consultation documents in writing at least 5 days before the deadline for submitting first response documents. If it is less than 5 days, the supplier must submit the first response document. Deadline for response files.

4. Different evaluation methods

The main evaluation methods for public bidding are the comprehensive bid evaluation method and the lowest bid price method.

The evaluation method of competitive negotiation is that all members of the negotiation team focus on negotiating with a single supplier. And conduct the second round of quotations and the final quotation within the specified time, and then the purchaser selects the supplier that best meets the procurement needs, has relatively equal quality and service and has the lowest quotation from the transaction candidates proposed by the negotiation team as the supplier for the transaction, and Inform all non-deal suppliers participating in the negotiation of the final outcome.

The evaluation method of competitive consultation is that all members of the competitive consultation group conduct consultations with individual suppliers separately. After clarifying the procurement requirements, all participating suppliers are required to make final quotations. Finally, in accordance with the provisions of the consultation documents Various evaluation factors will be evaluated based on quantitative indicators, and the supplier with the highest score will be the winning candidate supplier.

5. Different review focuses

The most important consideration in public bidding and competitive negotiations is the price factor.

The most important consideration in competitive consultations is comprehensive indicators. During the negotiation, the supplier can understand the procurement needs more clearly, and in the final quotation, a comprehensive scoring method is adopted, which is also a judgment on the supplier's comprehensive ability.

Extended information

Basic concepts

Public bidding

1. It refers to the invitation of bidders through bidding announcements on public media. A bidding method in which unspecified legal persons or other organizations participate in bidding and select the winning bidder from qualified bidders. Compared with public bidding, it is called invitation bidding.

2. According to the degree of participation of the tenderer and bidders, the public bidding process can be roughly divided into the bidding preparation stage, the bidding stage and the final bidding stage.

Competitive negotiation

1. Refers to the method in which the purchaser or procurement agency directly invites three or more suppliers to negotiate on procurement matters.

2. Characteristics of the competitive negotiation procurement method

(1) It can shorten the preparation period and make the procurement project take effect faster.

(2) It reduces the workload and eliminates a lot of bid opening and bidding work, which is conducive to improving work efficiency and reducing procurement costs.

(3) Supply and demand parties can conduct more flexible negotiations.

(4) It is conducive to the protection of national industries.

(5) It can encourage suppliers to consciously apply high technology to purchased products, and at the same time transfer procurement risks.

Competitive consultation

The competitive consultation procurement method means that purchasers and government procurement agencies form competitive consultation groups to negotiate with qualified suppliers for the procurement of goods, projects and Negotiate on service matters, the supplier submits response documents and quotations in accordance with the requirements of the negotiation document, and the purchaser determines the procurement method of the supplier from the list of candidate suppliers proposed after review by the consultation group.

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