Price exposure of local government procurement expert advice frequently record check corruption

Recently, some local governments "outrageous" purchase event of concern.

December 15, the four cases were exposed one after another: Fushun City Finance Bureau as the Dell d5318 Battery of seven iPod4 U disk, Suzhou, the traffic police for monitoring equipment purchases iPhone4, Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau, the value of more than 40,000 yuan purchase of notebook computers, Urumqi Shuimogou District Court two luxury electric massage chair purchase.
In this regard, yesterday, Secretary General Wang Yukai of administrative reform that the "outrageous" case of frequent purchases, exposed the approval of local government procurement not strict, lax supervision, the implementation of the existing regulations do not place so many problems, "outrageous" frequent case of government procurement, should be alert to the abuse of power.

Irrational multiple purchases

Wang Yukai, told reporters that at present, China's government procurement into the directory and catalog purchases outside procurement. Procurement refers to the state directory, local government procurement in accordance with national laws and regulations to develop the directory, a large-scale acts of government procurement in the directory are for general office supplies. List of foreign purchases is the directory, the various departments to purchase office supplies.

"At present, national and provincial departments of the directory of each purchase is fairly standard." Said Wang Yukai, directory approval of the various departments within the procurement would be more strict, usually through many procedures, procurement follows the energy, the principles of green procurement the price will lower than the market price.

"Some prices are slightly higher than the market because the country about their own brands and other related support policies and regulations," Wang Yukai, slightly higher than the market price to purchase this summary to rational purchasing behavior. However, for iPod 4 as U disk, purchase 4 million notebook computer such cases, Wang Yukai that the irrational buying behavior.

"These purchases are generally irrational directory outside the procurement." Said Wang Yukai, procurement catalog only includes office, conference and other general purchasing goods, in accordance with national laws and regulations, some professional office supplies can be relevant departments to purchase, the number of cases belong to their own procurement areas.

Local implementation of procurement regulations aliasing

Adopted in June 2002 in accordance with the "Government Procurement Law", the government procurement price should be lower than the average market price, is strictly prohibited without permission improve procurement standards. These provisions in a number of local governments to implement a little bit of aliasing.

Wang Yukai frankly stated that different levels of government procurement in a directory outside the big difference between the implementation of the problem in general local government. Foreign procurement in the directory, where there will be a variety of "work needs" rhetoric, not strict examination and approval. In the case of sufficient financial resources, the department requires sufficient reason to look, not many approval authorities say.

Relatively "loose" directory outside the procurement, in case of small-scale procurement, prone to the phenomenon of rent-seeking. Wang Yukai, a lot of contacts in the case of some large local procurement of computers, has long been one or two suppliers "occupation", who and government "relationship hard", will be able to get Dell tc030 Battery, a number of small suppliers could only play "accompany standard" role.

The emergence of new problems the system needs to be improved

Why directories, there is no purchase in the detailed design of the system? Wang Yukai, told reporters the formulation of government procurement regulations are also things in recent years, many new problems in the face of the case, regulation has not resolved from the system, there is a certain blind spot monitoring.

Wang Yukai that foreign procurement for the directory, in addition to system design in the examination and approval procedures should be more detailed, local audit departments and local discipline inspection departments should be timely intervention, a procurement audit department acts for each strict auditing, discipline inspection departments involved in the investigation "outrageous" Procurement possible corruption.

■ Case

U disk astronomical event: without improve procurement standards

【Case】 Dec. 15, net posts exposed the Office of Finance Bureau of Fushun City, Liaoning Province will be used for procurement of seven iPod 4 U disk, U disk to be challenged as sky-high price. Fushun Bureau of Finance said it was not fine business procurement staff due to low-level errors, and ordered suspension of the procurement.

【Comments】 Wang Yukai: iPod 4 is overkill for the U disk function, much higher than the job requirements. In approving the purchase, procurement and other aspects of how approval of all the doubt, discipline inspection departments should be involved in the investigation. "Government Procurement Law" has been expressly prohibited without authorization to improve procurement standards, but in reality, this government departments in the procurement process of the Dell inspiron 8000 Battery without improving the procurement standards in local government procurement is very common. The one hand, poor supervision of the department, on the other hand is the monitoring mechanism needs to be straighten out the problem.

Court Procurement massage chair: the procurement of supplies and work-related

【Case】 December 28, media reports said Shuimogou District Court of Urumqi, Xinjiang, purchasing two luxury electric massage chair, luxury massage chair users, said that the retail price of about 52,800 yuan each. Shuimogou District Publicity Department, said the procurement of two aspects of massage chairs on the activities of the Court purported room for old comrades to provide services. Currently, the procurement project has been halted.

【Comments】 Wang Yukai: this is entirely with the government purchasing office supplies not related to work areas, even more unacceptable is the high-priced "luxury." Government funds are taxpayer dollars, government procurement should follow the practical, the principles of conservation, not waste or abuse at random, this case illustrates the Xinjiang government procurement is too extensive.

4 million to buy computers: the purchase price above the market price

【Case】 12 In late January, media reports Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau, the value of more than 40,000 yuan purchase of notebook computers. This was questioned: "This computer is also at market value of the configuration can not be more than 40,000 yuan, Public Security Department to buy such a good computer doing? A few thousand dollars can not be working up a computer?" Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau responded that the procurement This sets the value of 41,000 yuan of notebook computers, the Department for work requirements, while taking into account mobile handling, office and police combat special needs.

【Comments】 Wang Yukai: "The Government Procurement Law" clearly provides that government procurement activities, procurement agencies should be consistent with the average purchase price below the market price principle. In addition to this matter exception, I have heard a lot of local bureau purchasing 3, 4 million PCs, and regardless of whether the procurement is such a high public service needs of the computer, but the price point of Dell inspiron 9100 Battery, the purchase price and the market price is a deviation from the , and higher than the market price. Why the high prices, there is likely to hide kickbacks and other corruption. This situation is typical in large-scale rarely seen in government procurement, but in the small-scale procurement happen more.