Check and clear the barriers, simplify and improve the procurement mechanism, and optimize the business environment in the field of government procurement in Hebei Province

　　It was learned from the Provincial Department of Finance that in order to further create a fair, honest, trustworthy, open and transparent business environment for government procurement, the Provincial Department of Finance recently issued the "Implementation Plan for Optimizing Business Environment in Government Procurement in Hebei Province in 2022", which promoted the optimization and improvement of business environment indicators for government procurement in the whole province from three aspects.

　　Clean up all kinds of barriers and thresholds that hinder the business environment. Clear the hidden thresholds and barriers set by foreign enterprises in the field of government procurement, and clear the behaviors that require suppliers to set up branches and offices in the location of the project or the location of the purchaser to exclude foreign bidders; Clean up the behavior of setting unnecessary conditions to exclude potential competitors, and clean up the behavior of excluding and restricting competition by dividing the level of suppliers’ enterprises, adding certification items, setting up project libraries, registration, certification and recognition. The clean-up scope of the two items includes the procurement documents and procurement announcements of government procurement projects by public bidding since 2020.

　　Simplify and improve the mechanism of government procurement procedures. Simplify the formal examination of suppliers’ qualifications, and continue to promote the "credit+commitment" system of government procurement. For government procurement projects specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises, purchasers and procurement agencies no longer require suppliers to provide relevant financial status, tax payment and social security funds in procurement documents and procurement announcements, but instead adopt the form of commitment letters, which will be publicized together with the bid winning and transaction announcements. Improve the credit repair mechanism during enterprise reorganization, and allow bankrupt enterprises that have been ruled by the people’s court to approve the reorganization plan to apply for adding relevant enterprise reorganization information in the website of Credit China, the national enterprise credit information publicity system and the basic database of financial credit information in a timely manner, and allow them to participate in government procurement projects according to law, and list them in the procurement documents.

　　Establish a joint disciplinary mechanism. Buyers at all levels are required to carry out procurement activities in accordance with internal control according to law, strictly examine the qualifications of suppliers, and establish a joint disciplinary mechanism for those who are untrustworthy. Suppliers in the published list of those who are untrustworthy should be given joint disciplinary action in the field of government procurement. If any supplier who participates in government procurement activities in the name of the consortium is jointly punished, the consortium will be jointly punished.