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CHINESE MODEL BIDDING DOCUMENTS PROCUREMENT OF GOODS

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N ATIONAL C OMPETITIVE B IDDING (NCB)

Ministry of Finance

The People’s Republic of China January 2012

Preface

In order to regulate and standardize procurement activities of World Bank financed projects in China, in 1991 the Ministry of Finance (MOF) organized to produce and published Model Bidding Documents for World Bank Financed Projects (MBDs), which were revised in 1993 by MOF and the World Bank based on trial use of these documents. In 1995, the World Bank revised its Procurement Guidelines and then developed and published Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) for World Bank financed projects, and requested that its borrowers must use SBDs in World Bank financed projects. After extensive consultations, MOF and the World Bank agreed to revise and update MBDs developed since 1991 in reference to SBDs. The revised and updated MBDs were re-published in 1997.

Over the past 20 years, use of MBDs has played a positive role in regulating and standardizing procurement activities of World Bank financed projects in China and has also produced favorable impacts on the development of China’s relevant procurement systems.

In October 2001, multilateral development banks and relevant international financial institutions produced and published Harmonized Bidding Documents and User’s Guide. These harmonized documents extensively reflect “best practice” results of these international institutions. The World Bank’s SBDs prepared based on the harmonized bidding documents have since been used in international competitive bidding activities for World Bank financed projects in China. In recent years and in response to the developing and changing

situation, international financial institutions including the World Bank have been revising and improving their procurement policies and begun to emphasize and promote the use of country procurement systems in projects financed by them.

Meanwhile, in recent years China’s domestic project development environments have experienced remarkable changes, procurement related laws and institutions have been improving, and carrying out open tendering and use of SBDs in public procurement have been widely accepted. These have had some positive effects on bidding activities, especially national competitive bidding (NCB) activities of projects financed by the World Bank and other international financial institutions.

Based on the above and considering that the operations of Asian Development Bank (ADB) have also been managed by MOF since the 1998 institutional reform, in order to adapt to a developing situation, further strengthen management of projects financed by international financial institutions and regulate and standardize relevant procurement activities, with the assistance from the World Bank and ADB, MOF conducted comprehensive revision of Model NCB Procurement Documents for World Bank Financed Projects and changed the name to Model NCB Procurement Documents for Projects Financed by International Financial Institutions (the new MBDs) to enable their broader application.

The new MBDs have adequately considered China’s relevant procurement laws and regulations as well as requirements in