The Ministry of Finance deploys the key work of government procurement service reform in 2022 to strictly regulate the management of procurement services

[ Policies and Regulations of Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] The reform of government procurement services is an important reform work deployed by the Party Central Committee and the State Council
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Recently, the Ministry of Finance issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Reform of Government Purchasing Services in 2022" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") to further implement the important decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the reform of government purchasing services and strengthen government purchasing services.
The implementation of service policies will give full play to the positive role of government procurement of services in improving public services, innovating social governance and improving government spending performance
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The "Notice" clearly deploys six major development goals and tasks, including accurate provision of basic public services, strengthening of urban and rural community service functions, vigorously expanding employment channels, improving medical and health service capabilities, optimizing the supply of elderly care services, and promoting education equity and quality improvement
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Continuously improve the quality and efficiency of public services, continue to improve people's well-being, effectively support the cultivation and development of market players, and effectively strengthen and innovate social governance
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The "Notice" pointed out that we should adhere to do our best and do what we can, and take effective measures to further promote the reform of government procurement of services in key areas: actively promote government procurement of public services in urban and rural communities; increase government procurement of public health services; promote government procurement of basic elderly care services ; Encourage the government to purchase public services for employment; do a good job in government purchase of public services for education and continue to promote the reform of government purchase of services in other fields
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In terms of public health services, the "Notice" proposes to increase the government's purchase of public health services
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To meet the needs of normalizing epidemic prevention and control, encourage the government to purchase services to carry out epidemic prevention and control work such as nucleic acid testing, disinfection and sterilization, and epidemic prevention publicity, as well as other public health services, so as to improve the ability to respond to public health emergencies
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　　The "Notice" requires that the procurement work should be carried out in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the government procurement service system, strengthen the management of the whole process of government procurement services, regulate and adjust the setting of guiding catalogues, strengthen the management of government procurement service contracts, and improve the government procurement service budget management.
Sexual matters are included in the scope of government procurement services
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In order to focus on improving the standardization, refinement and informatization level of government procurement service management
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　　The original text of the Notice is as follows:

 

Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Reform of Government Procurement Services in 2022
 

　　Cai Zong [2022] No.
51

 

The relevant units of the central government, the finance departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and cities under separate state planning, and the Finance Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
 

　　The reform of government procurement of services is an important reform task deployed by the Party Central Committee and the State Council
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In 2021, all regions and departments actively promoted the reform of government procurement of services and achieved remarkable results, playing an important role in improving people's lives, promoting economic and social development, and assisting in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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However, in the process of reform and promotion, there are still problems such as insufficient standardization of government procurement service contract management, further strengthening of performance management, insufficient grasp of procurement boundaries, and unbalanced progress of government procurement service reform in public institutions.
It is necessary to further strengthen the reform of government procurement services.
, Standardize the management of government procurement services
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In 2022, economic and social development will be faced with heavy tasks and challenges.
The Party Central Committee and the State Council have proposed to provide basic public services accurately, strengthen urban and rural community service functions, vigorously expand employment channels, improve medical and health service capabilities, optimize the supply of elderly care services, and promote education equity and education.
Development goals and tasks such as quality improvement
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In order to further implement the important decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the reform of government procurement of services, strengthen the implementation of government procurement of services policies, and give full play to the positive role of government procurement of services in improving public services, innovating social governance, and improving government spending performance, hereby The relevant matters concerning the key work of government procurement service reform in 2022 are notified as follows:
 

　　I.
Further intensify the reform of government procurement of services in key areas
 

　　Fully understand the importance of implementing the reform of government procurement of services, respect the laws of reform and objective reality, coordinate the needs of the masses and financial resources, adhere to doing our best and do what we can, take effective measures to further promote the reform of government procurement of services in key areas, and continuously improve public services Quality and efficiency, continue to improve people's livelihood and well-being, effectively support the cultivation and development of market players, and effectively strengthen and innovate social governance
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　　(1) Actively promote the government's purchase of public services in urban and rural communities
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In accordance with the relevant requirements of the State Council on the construction of urban and rural community service systems during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, public services such as community pensions, childcare, disability assistance, corrections, care for minors, employment, health, education, culture, sports, science popularization, law, and emergency response will be provided.
In the field, encourage the government to purchase services to provide services suitable for marketization to social forces, improve the service efficiency of urban and rural communities, and promote the construction of urban and rural community public service systems
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　　(2) Increase the government's purchase of public health services
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To meet the needs of normalizing the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, encourage the government to purchase services to carry out epidemic prevention and control work such as nucleic acid testing, disinfection and sterilization, epidemic prevention publicity, and other public health services, so as to improve the ability to respond to public health emergencies
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　　(3) Promote government purchase of basic elderly care services
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Actively respond to the aging of the population, encourage qualified regions to pragmatically expand the field and scope of government-purchased elderly care services, optimize the supply of urban and rural elderly care services, and support social forces to provide day care, meal assistance, cleaning, rehabilitation nursing and other services
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Priority should be given to ensuring the service needs of the disabled, elderly, unattended and other elderly people with financial difficulties, and increasing support for grass-roots and rural elderly care services
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Elderly care services that are suitable to be purchased by the government, the government will no longer directly organize public elderly care institutions to provide them
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It is indeed necessary to provide pension services directly provided by the government, and the role of public pension institutions should be well played
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　　(4) Encourage the government to purchase public services for employment
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Expand the supply of employment services through government purchase of services, and provide more targeted employment services such as job introduction and career guidance for workers; Carry out employment and entrepreneurship training, vocational skills training and other employment assistance measures to promote more adequate and higher-quality employment in the society
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　　(5) Do a good job in the government's purchase of public education services
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In non-compulsory education fields such as pre-school education and vocational education, actively explore and promote the reform of government purchase of services, and support the increase of inclusive education resources through innovative methods such as the issuance of student vouchers and the purchase of degrees (services), and improve the supply quality and quality of education services.
efficiency
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Do a good job in the government's purchase of degrees (services) in the field of compulsory education, standardize the purchase activities, and promote the balanced development of compulsory education
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Encourage the government to purchase high-quality online education services, promote the development of education informatization and resource sharing, and help develop fairer and higher-quality education
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　　(6) Continue to promote the reform of government procurement services in other fields
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Continue to intensify the reform of government procurement services in public service areas closely related to people's livelihood, such as disability assistance, law, youth social work, culture and sports, transportation, social assistance, and public rental housing operation and management, improve the quality and efficiency of public services, and facilitate accurate public services.
provided
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　　2.
Strictly regulate the management of government procurement services
 

　　Carry out procurement work in strict accordance with the relevant provisions of the government procurement service system, strengthen the management of the whole process of government procurement services, and strive to improve the standardization, refinement and informatization of government procurement service management
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　　(1) Standardize and adjust the setting of guiding catalogues
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The central departments that have not yet formulated the guiding catalogue of government procurement services shall compile the catalogue in accordance with the requirements of the "Notice of the Ministry of Finance on Printing and Distributing the Guiding Catalogue of Government Purchasing Services at the Central Level" (Cai Zong [2020] No.
57).
It should be completed before the end of June of this year and reported to the Ministry of Finance (General Department, Departmental Budget Management Department) for the record
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All localities should standardize the compilation of guidance catalogues for government procurement services in their regions, and the general catalogues prepared by provincial finance departments should be set up in the same way as Cai Zong [2020] No.
57
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The third-level catalogue shall be determined by each locality according to the local actual situation, and if it can be consistent with the Cai Zong [2020] No.
57 document, it shall be consistent
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Localities can set up directories below level three according to actual work needs
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Provincial finance departments should complete the adjustment and compilation of the general catalog by the end of September 2022
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　　(2) Strengthen the management of government procurement service contracts
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The government procurement service contract shall strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations such as the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, the Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China and its implementation regulations, and the Administrative Measures for Government Procurement Services, complete the contract requirements, and clarify the requirements for the purchaser and the purchaser.
Undertake the relevant responsibilities of the main body, supervise and manage the requirements, and prevent various risks in the performance of the contract
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The government purchase service contract shall not be signed beyond the statutory time limit
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Purchasing entities should strengthen the performance management of government purchase service contracts, track the performance of purchase service contracts in a timely manner, ensure that they are strictly implemented in accordance with the contract, and effectively change the phenomenon of "focusing on purchases and neglecting management" in some localities and departments
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Each region and department can study the rights and obligations, risk prevention and control in the performance of contracts for specific service projects such as elderly care, employment, education, and health care based on the characteristics of different fields
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　　(3) Improve the budget management of government procurement services
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Strengthen the assessment of the financial affordability of government purchases of services, and government purchases of services should be included in the budget
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For matters not arranged in the budget, purchase services shall not be carried out
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Implement the management requirements of people's livelihood policies, and service items that do not meet relevant management requirements and fail to perform relevant prescribed procedures shall not be included in government procurement services
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Improve the performance management chain of government procurement services and implement whole-process performance management
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New major government purchases of services should be assessed in advance
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Strengthen demand management, reasonably determine the demand for purchasing services on the basis of sufficient demand investigation, clarify the relevant service content, service standards and technical support, and strengthen the review of the integrity, compliance and rationality of the demand for purchasing services and the procurement implementation plan and risk management
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Strengthen the in-process monitoring of government procurement service projects, strengthen the application of performance evaluation results, and properly handle the relationship between project performance evaluation and contract performance acceptance
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Rational use of third-party performance evaluations shall not use third-party performance evaluations to shirk responsibilities that should be directly performed by the government
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　　(4) It is strictly forbidden to incorporate prohibited items into the scope of government procurement services
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In accordance with the "Administrative Measures for Government Procurement Services" (Order No.
102 of the Ministry of Finance) and other regulations, standardize the work of government procurement services, accurately grasp the scope of government procurement services, and strictly prohibit outsourcing of matters that should be directly performed by the government.
The name of the service is disguised as debt financing or labor
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Financial departments at all levels should play a good role in supervision, and find violations of laws and regulations within a time limit for rectification
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　　3.
Continue to promote the reform of government procurement services in public institutions
 

　　In accordance with the requirements of the "Opinions of the Central Office of the Ministry of Finance on Doing a Good Job in the Reform of Government Purchase of Services in Institutions" (Cai Zong [2016] No.
53), continue to promote the government's purchase of services from second-class public welfare institutions, strengthen reform incentives and constraints, and stimulate business The internal vitality of the unit
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　　(1) Strengthen the promotion of reform organization
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It is necessary to comprehensively sort out and clarify the service items that are currently undertaken by second-class public welfare institutions, arranged through budget allocation, and suitable for market-oriented provision, and change the corresponding budget allocation to government-purchased services.
In principle, the service items included in the reform are selected through competition.
Determine the main body to undertake the service.
For those who do not have the competitive conditions for the time being, the reform can directly entrust the public institution that originally provided the service to undertake the service through a single-source procurement method in accordance with the regulations
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Service matters that must be undertaken by second-class public welfare institutions and are not suitable to be provided through market-oriented methods are not included in the scope of government procurement service reform
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Financial departments at all levels should do a good job in organizing and coordinating reforms
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　　(2) Standardize the relevant management work
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Departments at all levels that carry out reforms shall, in accordance with the relevant budget management regulations, adjust the budgets of funds related to government-purchased services undertaken by second-class public welfare institutions from the institutions to the competent departments for management at the same level
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The income obtained by public institutions from undertaking government purchases of services shall be included in the budget of public institutions for unified accounting, and the after-tax income shall be controlled by public institutions in accordance with relevant policies and regulations
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The competent department, as the purchaser, should strengthen contract performance management and performance management
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　　4.
Effectively strengthen publicity and training on government procurement services
 

　　Effectively increase publicity and training for government procurement of services
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Further strengthen the training of relevant leading cadres at all levels, and firmly establish the concept of government procurement services
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Make good use of innovative training methods such as online training and short videos, and make full use of new media such as Weibo and WeChat public accounts to carry out extensive publicity to ensure that the staff participating in government procurement services accurately grasp the relevant policies, background knowledge and operational norms, and create a positive environment for the promotion of work.
Good atmosphere
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Promote typical cases of government procurement of services and play a leading role in demonstration
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　　V.
Carry out research and guidance on government procurement services in a timely manner
 

　　Strengthen the research and guidance on the reform of government procurement of services in this industry and in the region, timely study and properly handle new situations and new problems encountered in the development of work, strengthen communication, coordination and mutual cooperation with relevant departments to ensure the reform of government procurement of services.
Smooth and orderly progress
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The Ministry of Finance will organize research and guidance on the reform of government procurement of services and the implementation of this Circular in due course
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　　In 2022, the provincial financial departments and the central competent departments in the fields of urban and rural communities, public health, pension, employment, education, disability assistance, law, youth social work, culture and sports, transportation, social assistance, public rental housing operation and management, etc.
Before December 15, report to the Ministry of Finance (Department of General Affairs) the progress of the reform of government procurement services in 2022 in this region and field, including main practices and results, existing problems and relevant suggestions
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　　Ministry of Finance
 

　　March 25, 2022