What are the meanings and conditions of open tendering and invitation to tender?

Public bidding procurement refers to the procurement method in which the procurement agency or its entrusted procurement agency (collectively referred to as the tenderer) invites the unspecified ** business (collectively referred to as the bidder) to bid in the form of a tender announcement. This is a highly transparent approach to procurement. The applicable conditions are that the standards and conditions of the bidding project are relatively clear, and the bidding content is suitable for publicity.

Invitation to bid refers to the procurement method in which the tenderer invites more than five specific merchants to bid in the form of a bid. The applicable conditions are that the standards and conditions of the bidding project are not suitable for publicity, or the implementation of the "three publics" principle will not be affected by the high cost of bidding and the non-implementation of public bidding.

Extended Materials. The difference between the two:

There are different ways to publish information. The public bidding shall be issued in the form of an announcement, and the invitation to bid shall be issued in the form of a bidding invitation.

The range of options varies. Due to the use of the form of tender announcement, the public bidding is aimed at all potential legal persons or other organizations interested in the bidding project, and the tenderer does not know the number of bidders in advance; The invitation to tender is directed at legal persons or other organizations that are already known and the number of bidders is known in advance.

The scope of competition is different. Because the public bidding gives all eligible legal persons or other organizations the opportunity to participate in the bidding, the scope of competition is wider, the scope of competition is limited, and the tenderer has relatively little choice, and it is possible to increase the contract price of the winning bid, or it is possible to increase the contract price of the winning bid, and it is also possible to omit some of the more competitive contractors or contractors in technology or in terms of technology.

The degree of openness varies. In public bidding, all activities must be carried out openly in strict accordance with pre-specified and well-known procedural standards, which greatly reduces the possibility of cheating; In contrast, the invitation to tender is less open and there are more opportunities for wrongdoing.

The time and cost are different. Due to the invitation to bid without announcement, the bidding documents are only sent to a few, so that the whole bidding time is greatly shortened, and the bidding cost is also reduced accordingly. There are many documents to prepare, which takes a long time and is more expensive.

Open tender. Procurement refers to the procurement method in which the procurement authority or its entrusted procurement business agency (collectively referred to as the tenderer) invites unspecified ** businessmen (collectively referred to as the bidder) to bid in the form of a tender announcement.

It is a highly transparent procurement method. The applicable conditions are that the standards and conditions of the bidding project are relatively clear and the bidding content is suitable for disclosure.

Invitation to bid for procurement refers to the procurement method in which the tenderer invites more than five specific bidders to bid in the form of an invitation to bid. The applicable conditions are that the standards and conditions of the bidding project are not suitable for public or because the cost of public bidding is too large and the public bidding is not implemented, it will not affect the "three publics".

implementation of the principles, etc.

Legal analysis: What is the difference between open bidding and invitation to bid: 1. The way of releasing information is different.

Public bidding is published in the form of an announcement; The invitation to bid is issued in the form of an invitation to bid; 2. The range of choices is different. The public bidding method is aimed at all potential legal persons or other organizations interested in the bidding matters, and the tenderer does not know the number of bidders in advance; The invitation to tender is directed at legal persons or other organizations that are known and the number of bidders is known in advance; 3. The scope of competition is different. The competition scope of public bidding is wider, and the competitiveness is more sufficient, and it is easy to get the best bidding effect; The number of bidders in the invited tender is limited, the scope of competition is limited, and it is possible to omit some contractors who are more technically or competitive; 4. The degree of disclosure is different.

In public tenders, all activities must be carried out openly in strict accordance with pre-specified and well-known processes and guidelines, which greatly reduces the possibility of cheating; The invitation to tender is less open and there are more opportunities for illegal practices; 5. Time and cost respectively. There is no need to make an announcement to invite bidding, and only a few bidding documents are sent, which shortens the entire bidding time and reduces its cost. The process of public tendering is complex, time-consuming, and expensive.

Note: public bidding: also known as competitive bidding, that is, by the tenderer in the newspapers, electronic networks or other ** on the tender announcement, to attract many companies to participate in the bidding competition, the tenderer from which to choose the winning bidder bidding method.

Invitation to bid: also known as limited competitive bidding, is a bidding method in which the tenderer selects a number of bidders or contractors, sends a bidding invitation to them, and the invited bidders and contractors bid for competition, and selects the winning bidder.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Tendering and Bidding Law of the People's Republic of ChinaTendering is divided into open bidding and invitation bidding.

Public bidding refers to the tenderer inviting unspecified legal persons or other organizations to bid in the form of tender announcements. Invitation to bid refers to the invitation of the tenderer to invite a specific legal person or other organization to bid in the form of an invitation to bid.

There is a main difference between open bidding and invitation to tender.

1. Different ways of publishing information.

Public bidding is published in the form of an announcement;

The invitation to bid is issued in the form of an invitation to bid;

2. The range of choices is different.

Due to the use of the form of tender announcement, the public bidding is aimed at all potential legal persons or other organizations interested in the bidding project, and the tenderer does not know the number of bidders in advance;

The invitation to tender is directed at legal persons or other organizations that are already known and the number of bidders is known in advance.

3. The scope of competition is different.

Because the public bidding enables all qualified legal persons or other organizations to have the opportunity to participate in the bidding, the scope of competition is wider, and the competitiveness is more fully reflected, and the tenderer has absolute room for choice, and it is easy to obtain the best bidding effect.

The number of bidders invited to bid is limited, the scope of competition is limited, and the tenderer has a relatively small choice, which may increase the contract price of the winning bid, or it may be smaller, it is possible to increase the contract price of the winning bid, and it is also possible to omit some of the more competitive contractors or contractors in terms of technology or quality.

4. The degree of disclosure is different.

In public bidding, all activities must be carried out openly in strict accordance with pre-specified and well-known procedural standards, which greatly reduces the possibility of cheating;

The degree of openness in inviting tenders also increases the chance of wrongdoing.

5. The time and cost are different.

No announcement will be issued for inviting bidding, and only a few bidding documents will be sent, which will greatly shorten the time for bidding and reduce the bidding cost.

The procedure of public bidding is compared, from the issuance of the announcement, the bidder's response, the bid evaluation, to the signing of the contract, there are many time requirements, and many documents need to be prepared, so it takes a long time and the cost is relatively high.