Ministry of Finance website news on May 31, the Ministry of Finance issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening Government Procurement to Support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises".The "Notice" clearly proposes to adjust the price review preferential rate for small and micro enterprises and increase the reserved share of government procurement projects for small and medium-sized enterprises.The "Notice" will be implemented from July 1, 2022.
The "Notice" requires that government procurement policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises be strictly implemented.All regions and departments shall, in accordance with the unified deployment of the State Council, conscientiously implement the provisions of the "AdministrativeMeasures for Promoting the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises by Government Procurement", standardize the setting of qualifications, lower the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises to participate, and flexibly adopt the overall reservation of projects and reasonable reservation of procurement packages. , requiring large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises to form a consortium, and requiring large enterprises to subcontract to small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure the contract share of small and medium-sized enterprises.It is necessary to facilitate the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises in procurement activities by increasing the proportion of advance payments, introducing credit guarantees, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to carry out contract financing, and providing free electronic procurement documents.Purchasing funds must be paid in a timely manner in strict accordance with regulations, and no deposits without legal and regulatory basis shall be collected, effectively reducing the financial pressure of small and medium-sized enterprises.
The "Notice" clarifies that the price review preferential margin for small and micro enterprises will be adjusted.The price deduction discount granted to small and micro enterprises in the procurement of goods and services has been increased from 6% to 10% to 10% to 20%.Where large and medium-sized enterprises and small and micro enterprises form a consortium, or where large and medium-sized enterprises subcontract to small and micro enterprises, the preferential rate of review will be increased from 2% to 3% to 4% to 6%.At the same time, increase the reserved share of government procurement projects for small and medium-sized enterprises.If the engineering procurement projects of less than 4 million yuan are suitable to be provided by small and medium-sized enterprises, the purchaser shall purchase exclusively for small and medium-sized enterprises.Among the engineering procurement projects with more than 4 million yuan that are suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, under the premise of adhering to the principles of openness, fairness, fair competition and unified quality standards, the reserved share for small and medium-sized enterprises in the second half of 2022 will be increased from more than 30% in stages. to more than 40%.Provincial financial departments should actively coordinate development and reform, industry and informatization,housingand urban-rural construction, transportation, water conservancy, commerce, railways, civil aviation and other departments to adjust and improve relevant standard texts, bid evaluation systems and other regulations and practices in the field of project bidding. The implementation will be reported to the Ministry of Finance before June 30, 2022.
Source: ChinaSecuritiesJournal China Securities Network Author: Zhou Jia
