Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Non. consulting services. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used. All invitations to prequalify or to bid shall be advertised in a newspaper of national circulation in the Borrower’s country, except for goods contracts that are estimated to cost less than $300,000 equivalent each, which may be advertised in a provincial daily newspaper. Such advertisement shall be made (i) National Competitive Bidding: Goods costing less than $500,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded under NCB procedures. The procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in the Law on Tendering and Bidding of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by order No.21 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on August 30, 1999, with the following clarifications required for compliance with the Procurement Guidelines: (a) Procurement Method (ii) Qualification requirements of bidders and the method of evaluating the qualification of each bidder shall be specified in detail in the bidding documents. (iii) All bidders that meet the qualification criteria set out in the pre- qualification document shall be allowed to bid and there shall be no limit on the number of pre-qualified bidders. (iv) All bidders shall be required to provide security in an amount sufficient to protect the Borrower in case of breach of contract by the contractor, and the bidding documents shall specify the required form and amount of such security. (v) Bidders will be allowed to submit bids by mail or by hand. The time for opening of all bids shall be the same as the deadline for receipt of such bids. (vi) All bids shall be opened in public; all bidders shall be offered an opportunity to be present (either in person or through their representatives) at the time of bid opening, but bidders shall not be required to be present at the bid opening. (vii) All bid evaluation criteria shall be disclosed in the bidding documents and quantified in monetary terms or expressed in the form of pass/fail requirements. (viii) No bid may be rejected solely on the basis that the bid price falls outside any standard contract estimate, or margin or bracket of average bids established by the Borrower. (ix) Each contract shall be awarded to the lowest evaluated responsive bidder, that is, the bidder who meets the appropriate standards of capability and resources and whose bid has been determined: (A) to be substantially responsive to the bidding documents; and (B) to offer the lowest evaluated cost. The winning bidder shall not be required, as a condition of award, to undertake responsibilities for work not stipulated in the bidding documents or otherwise to modify the bid as originally submitted. (x) Each contract financed with the proceeds of the Loan shall provide that the suppliers and contractors shall permit the Bank, at its request, to inspect their accounts and records relating to the performance of the contract and to have said accounts and records audited by auditors appointed by the Bank. (xi) Government owned enterprises in the Borrower’s territory may be permitted to bid or submit a proposal of goods and works if they can establish that they: (A) are legally and financially autonomous; (B) operate under commercial law; and (C) are not a dependent agency of the agency conducting the procurement. (xii) Re-bidding should not be allowed solely because the number of bids is less than three (3), and rejection of all bids or rebidding shall not take place without the Bank’s prior written concurrence. (xiii) The results of bid evaluation and contract award shall be published in the national press or provincial press (as provided under (i) above) or official gazette or a free and open access website and shall identify the name and offered price of the winning bidder, as well as the duration and summary scope of the awarded contract. (xiv) The Borrower shall have in place provisions for bidders to protest.
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Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Non. consulting consultant services. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goodsgoods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used. All invitations to prequalify or to bid shall be advertised in a newspaper of national circulation in the Borrower’s country, except for goods contracts that are estimated to cost less than $300,000 equivalent each, which may be advertised in a provincial daily newspaper. Such advertisement shall be made
(i) National Competitive Bidding: Goods costing less than $500,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded under NCB procedures. The procedures to be followed for National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in the Law on Tendering and Bidding of the People’s Republic of China promulgated by order No.21 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on August 30, 1999, with the following clarifications required for compliance with the Procurement Guidelines:
(a) Procurement Method
National Competitive Bidding (ii) Qualification requirements of bidders and NCB), subject to the method of evaluating following additional procedures: A merit point system shall not be used in the pre-qualification of each bidder bidders. The award of contracts for goods and Non-consultant services shall be specified based exclusively on price and, whenever appropriate, shall also take into account factors similar to those referred to in detail in paragraph 2.51 of the bidding documents.
(iii) All bidders Guidelines, provided, however, that meet the qualification criteria set out in the pre- qualification document bid evaluation shall always be allowed to bid and there shall based on factors that can be no limit on the number of pre-qualified bidders.
(iv) All bidders shall be required to provide security in an amount sufficient to protect the Borrower in case of breach of contract by the contractorquantified objectively, and the bidding documents shall specify the required form and amount of procedure for such security.
(v) Bidders will be allowed to submit bids by mail or by hand. The time for opening of all bids quantification shall be disclosed in the same as the deadline for receipt of such bids.
(vi) invitation to bid. All bids shall be opened at the stipulated time and place in public; all accordance with a procedure satisfactory to the Association. The single envelope procedure shall be used. Whenever a discrepancy shall occur between the amounts in figures and in the words of a bid, the amounts in words shall govern. No prescribed minimum number of bids shall be required to be submitted for a contract to be subsequently awarded. Foreign bidders shall be offered an opportunity allowed to be present (either in person or through their representatives) at the time of bid opening, but participate. Foreign bidders shall not be required to legalize any documentation related to their bids with Recipient’s authorities as a prerequisite for bidding. No margin of preference shall be present at granted for any particular category of bidders. In the event that a bidder whose bid was evaluated as the bid opening.
(vii) All bid evaluation criteria shall be disclosed in with the bidding documents and quantified in monetary terms or expressed in lowest evaluated price withdraws its bid, the form of pass/fail requirements.
(viii) No bid contract may be rejected solely on the basis that the bid price falls outside any standard contract estimate, or margin or bracket of average bids established by the Borrower.
(ix) Each contract shall be awarded to the second lowest responsive evaluated responsive bidder, that is, the bidder who meets the appropriate standards of capability and resources and whose bid has been determined: (A) to be substantially responsive to the bidding documents; and (B) to offer the lowest evaluated costbid. The winning bidder Foreign bidders shall not be requirednot, as a condition for submitting bids, be required to enter into a joint venture agreement with local bidders. No procurement rules or regulations of awardneither of the Recipient’s agencies, including INE, nor of any state-owned entity shall apply without the prior review and consent of the Association. Recipient State-owned enterprises shall be allowed to undertake responsibilities participate in bids only upon their compliance with the provisions of paragraph 1.8 (c) of the Guidelines. No contractor or supplier shall be denied fair and equitable treatment in any resolution of dispute with the Recipient and/or any of its executing agencies. Bidding documents for work not stipulated in NCB shall include Anticorruption Clauses that shall be substantially identical to those pertaining to the bidding documents or otherwise to modify the bid as originally submittedAssociation/Bank Standard Bidding Documents for ICB.
(xb) Each contract financed with the proceeds of the Loan shall provide that the suppliers and contractors shall permit the BankShopping, at its request, to inspect their accounts and records relating subject to the performance of the contract and to have said accounts and records audited by auditors appointed by the Bankadditional procedures set forth above for NCB.
(xic) Government owned enterprises Limited international Bidding, in accordance with the Borrower’s territory may be permitted to bid or submit a proposal provisions of goods and works if they can establish that they: (A) are legally and financially autonomous; (B) operate under commercial law; and (C) are not a dependent agency paragraph 3.2 of the agency conducting the procurementGuidelines.
(xii) Re-bidding should not be allowed solely because the number of bids is less than three (3), and rejection of all bids or rebidding shall not take place without the Bank’s prior written concurrence.
(xiii) The results of bid evaluation and contract award shall be published in the national press or provincial press (as provided under (i) above) or official gazette or a free and open access website and shall identify the name and offered price of the winning bidder, as well as the duration and summary scope of the awarded contract.
(xiv) The Borrower shall have in place provisions for bidders to protest.
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