【正文】 from the Purchaser. The Bidder is expected to examine all instructions, forms, terms, and specifications in the Bidding Documents. Failure to furnish all information or documentation required by the Bidding Documents may result in the rejection of the bid. 7. Clarification of Bidding Documents A prospective Bidder requiring any clarification of the Bidding Documents shall contact the Purchaser in writing at the Purchaser’s address specified in the BDS. The Purchaser will respond in writing to any request for clarification, provided that such request is received no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the deadline for submission of bids. The Purchaser shall forward copies of its response to all those who have acquired the Bidding Documents directly from it, including a description of the inquiry but without identifying its source. Should the Purchaser deem it necessary to amend the Bidding Documents as a result of a clarification, it shall do so following the procedure under ITB Clause 8 and ITB SubClause . 8. Amendment of Bidding Documents At any time prior to the deadline for submission of bids, the Purchaser may amend the Bidding Documents by issuing addendum. Any addendum issued shall be part of the Bidding Documents and shall be municated in writing to all who have obtained the Bidding Documents directly from the Purchaser. To give prospective Bidders reasonable time in which to take an addendum into account in preparing their bids, the Purchaser may, at its discretion, extend the deadline for the submission of bids, pursuant to ITB SubClause . Section I. Instruction to Bidders (ITB) 8 C. Preparation of Bids 9. Cost of Bidding The Bidder shall bear all costs associated with the preparation and submission of its bid, and the Purchaser shall not be responsible or liable for those costs, regardless of the conduct or oute of the bidding process. 10. Language of Bid The Bid, as well as all correspondence and documents relating to the bid exchanged by the Bidder and the Purchaser, shall be written in Chinese. Supporting documents and printed literature that are part of the Bid may be in another language provided they are acpanied by an accurate translation of the relevant passages in Chinese, in which case, for purposes of interpretation of the Bid, such translation shall govern. 11. Documents Comprising the Bid The Bid shall prise the following: (a) Bid Submission Form and the applicable Price Schedules, in accordance with ITB Clauses 12, 14, and 15。 and (i) Any other document required in the BDS. 12. Bid Submission Form and Price The Bidder shall submit the Bid Submission Form using the form furnished in Section IV, Bidding Forms. This form must be pleted without any alterations to its format, and no substitutes shall be accepted. All blank spaces shall be filled Section I. Instruction to Bidders (ITB) 9 Schedules in with the information requested. The Bidder shall submit the Price Schedules for Goods and Related Services, according to the forms furnished in Section IV, Bidding Forms 13. Alternative Bids Unless otherwise specified in the BDS, alternative bids shall not be considered. 14. Bid Prices and Discounts The prices and discounts quoted by the Bidder in the Bid Submission Form and in the Price Schedules shall conform to the requirements specified below. All lots and items must be listed and priced separately in the Price Schedules. If a price schedule shows items listed but not priced, their prices shall be assumed to be included in the prices of other items. Items not listed in the Price Schedule shall be assumed not to be included in the Bid, and provided that the Bid is substantially responsive, the corresponding adjustments shall be applied in accordance with ITB . The price to be quoted in the Bid Submission Form shall be the total price of the bid, excluding any discounts offered. The Bidder shall quote any unconditional discounts and indicate the method for their application in the Bid Submission Form. The term EXW and other similar terms shall be governed by the rules prescribed in the current edition of INCOTERMS, published by The International Chamber of Commerce, as specified in the BDS. Prices shall be quoted as specified in each Price Schedule included in Section IV, Bidding Forms. The disaggregation of price ponents is required solely for the purpose of facilitating the parison of bids by the Purchaser. This shall not in any way limit the Purchaser’s right to contract on any of the terms offered. Prices shall be entered in the following manner: (i) the price of the Goods quoted EXW (ex works, ex factory, ex warehouse, ex showroom, or offtheshelf, as applicable), including all customs duties and sales and other taxes already paid or payable on the ponents and raw material used in the manufacture or assembly of the Goods。 (c) Alternative bids, if permitted in accordance with ITB Clause 13。 or (c) they have the same legal representative for purposes of this Bid。 CHINESE MODEL BIDDING DOCUMENTS PROCUREMENT OF GOODS UNDER NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (NCB) Ministry of Finance The People’s Republic of China January 2020 Summary Description Preface In order to regulate and standardize procurement activities of World Bank financed projects in China, in 1991 the Ministry of Finance (MOF) anized 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. 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