Beijing Municipality, Standards for the Scope and Size of Construction Projects Requiring Invitation for Bids Provisions

Promulgated: December 1 2001
Effective: January 1 2002

Main contents: The Provisions generally mirror those set out in the State Development and Planning Commission, Scope and Scale Standards for Tendering of Construction Projects Provisions. Bids must be invited for (1) projects with a bearing upon the public interest and public safety such as large-scale infrastructure projects, public utility projects, etc., (2) projects that are financed by State-owned funds or by the State, and (3) projects that use loans or aid funds from international organizations or foreign governments (Article 2). However, under the Provisions, the scope of public utility projects with a bearing upon the public interest and public includes hotels, apartments, office buildings, law enforcement facilities and disaster prevention and relief projects (Article 4). State-owned funds specifically include land premiums, tax credits, public utility construction fees, social institution construction fees, water construction funds, road maintenance fees and sewage treatment fees (Article 5). Where a government-financed project involves over Rmb1 million of State funds, it shall also be subject to invitation for bids even if its total construction cost does not reach the threshold amount for tendering (Article 8).
Related legislation: PRC, Invitation and Submission of Bids Law, Aug 30 1999, CLP 1999 No.8 p34 and State Development and Planning Commission, Standards for the Scope and Size of Construction Projects Requiring Invitation for Bids Provisions, May 1 2000, CLP 2000 No.5 p4