Restrictions on imported equipment!

　　Department of Finance: procurement of imported products, conduct an investigation!

　　On June 7, the Hubei Provincial Department of Finance issued a notice on "Hubei Provincial Government Procurement Work Regulations" to further strengthen supervision and management of government procurement and regulate government procurement practices.

　　The notice requires that all departments and units to prepare procurement needs, to carry out demand surveys through questionnaires, online inquiries, etc., feasibility analysis, if necessary, you can invite relevant professionals or third-party institutions to participate in the consultation and demonstration.

　　And, for the following procurement projects, to carry out demand surveys.

　　(A) more than 10 million yuan of goods and services procurement projects, more than 30 million yuan of engineering procurement projects ;

　　(B) procurement projects involving public interest and high social concern, including public service projects provided by the government to the public, such as public facilities management services, environmental services, professional and technical services, as well as education, health care and social services;

　　(C) technically complex and professional projects, including information technology construction projects requiring custom development, procurement of imported products, etc.;

　　(D) the competent budget unit or the purchaser that the need to carry out demand surveys of other procurement projects.

　　In other words, the tender procurement amount of 10 million or more goods, or the need to purchase imported medical equipment, to carry out demand surveys, otherwise the project is considered non-compliant!

　　It is worth mentioning that Fujian Province for the procurement of imported equipment demand survey, the same requirements: where the application for the procurement of imported products, the project, according to the provisions of the demand survey. If you do not declare, deemed not to meet the conditions for the procurement of imported processing, will not be able to purchase imported products, the Treasury will not allocate funds.

　　And, for the bidding procurement amount of more than 10 million of goods need to purchase imports, are included in the survey.

　　137 kinds of equipment procurement domestic!

　　Many provinces issued a document to strictly review the procurement of imported equipment!

　　In fact, in 2021, the State Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Government Procurement of imported products audit guidance standards" (2021 version) notice out, this notice clearly stipulates the proportion of government agencies (institutions) procurement of domestically produced medical devices and instruments requirements.

　　Among them, 137 kinds of medical devices all require 100% procurement of domestic; 12 kinds of medical devices require 75% procurement of domestic; 24 kinds of medical devices require 50% procurement of domestic; 5 kinds of medical devices require 25% procurement of domestic.

　　Therefore, it is not difficult to find, since this year, many provinces issued documents to further tighten the government procurement of imported products "gap", to promote domestic equipment to achieve "high-speed development".

　　Especially recently, Anhui Province, a paper notice, once again the development of domestic medical equipment to a new height.

　　At the end of April, the Anhui Provincial Department of Finance, Anhui Provincial Health Care Commission, Anhui Provincial Medical Insurance Bureau has jointly issued a notice, requiring all public medical institutions in the province from June 1, without the approval of the purchase of imported products.

　　In fact, Anhui and Zhejiang, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shanxi and other provinces, as long as the implementation of the requirements of the "list of imported medical equipment system", the list of products outside the unauthorized purchase of imports, this time more directly, emphasizing that even if the hospital's own funds to buy imported products, but also strict audit.

　　In April, Shanxi Province, the new version of the collection catalog and limit standards released, the first ci will be "public hospitals Class B large medical equipment projects" into the scope of government procurement projects involving public services.

　　Not only require priority procurement of domestic, for the purchase of imported products, the requirements of the provincial budget units in charge of centralized management and batch demonstration, approved by the provincial finance department before procurement.

　　At the same time, the municipal budget units in charge of the audit will no longer be centralized procurement authority to further manage and limit the procurement of imports.

　　In addition, in the national Ministry of Finance recently issued a "notice on issues related to good government procurement framework agreement procurement work" to the national public medical institutions issued zui new directives, the procurement of imported medical devices, subject to approval.

　　National zui new directive.

　　Procurement of imported equipment, need to be approved!

　　The Ministry of Finance requires that the testing, experimental, medical and other special instruments and equipment, there is a demand for the procurement of imported products, the procurement program can set up procurement packages for the corresponding imported products, but the first stage of the purchaser in the procurement of shortlisted imported products, the relevant approval procedures need to be carried out in accordance with the provisions.

　　What is the "approval process"?

　　Guangdong Province, for example, in the approval process proposed, the purchaser needs to purchase products in China can not be obtained or can not be obtained on reasonable commercial terms, as well as laws and regulations provide for the procurement of imported products, should be approved by the finance department, the government procurement activities in accordance with the law.

　　In other words, the territory of China can not be obtained, or can not be obtained on reasonable commercial terms imported medical equipment, otherwise priority procurement of domestic equipment.