【正文】 le 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。 or (g) a Bidder or any of its affiliates has been hired, or is Section I. Instruction to Bidders (ITB) 6 proposed to be hired, by the Purchaser for the supervision of the contract. A Bidder that is under a declaration of ineligibility by the authorities specified in the BDS, at the date of the deadline for bid submission or thereafter, shall be disqualified. Governmentowned entities in China shall be eligible only if they can establish that they (i) are legally and financially autonomous, (ii) operate under the principles of mercial law, and (iii) are not dependent agencies of the Purchaser. Bidders shall provide such evidence of their continued eligibility satisfactory to the Purchaser, as the Purchaser shall reasonably request. In case a prequalification process has been conducted prior to the bidding process, this bidding is open only to prequalified Bidders. The eligibility of bidders specific to the contracts financed by World Bank or Asian Development Bank or other International Financial Institutions is specified in the BDS. 5. Eligible Goods and Related Services All the Goods and Related Services to be supplied under the Contract shall have origin as any member countries as listed in Section V: Eligible Countries. For purposes of this Clause, the term “goods” includes modities, raw material, machinery, equipment, and industrial plants。 or。 or (c) they have the same legal representative for purposes of this Bid。 Section I. Instruction to Bidders (ITB) 5 and (b) a JV shall nominate a Representative who shall have the authority to conduct all businesses for and on behalf of any and all the parties of the JV during the bidding process and, in the event of the JV is awarded the Contract, during contract execution. Bidder, and all parties constituting the Bidder, shall have the nationality of an eligible country, in accordance with Section V, Eligible Countries. A Bidder shall be deemed to have the nationality of a country if the Bidder is a citizen or is constituted, incorporated, or registered and operates in conformity with the provisions of the laws of that country. This criterion shall also apply to the determination of the nationality of proposed subcontractors or suppliers for any part of the Contract including Related Services. A Bidder shall not have a conflict of interest as defined in the BDS. All bidders found to have conflict of interest shall be disqualified. Bidders may be considered to have a conflict of interest with one or more parties in this bidding process, if, but not limited to: (a) they have controlling partner or controlling shareholders in mon。 Technical Evaluation 34. Evaluation of Bids 35. Comparison of Bids 36. Qualification of the Bidder 37. Purchaser’s Right to Accept Any Bid, and to Reject Any or All Bids F. Award of Contract .............................................................................................................. 38. Award Criteria 39. Purchaser’s Right to Vary Quantities at Time of Award 40. Notification of Award 41. Signing of Contract 42. Performance Security Section I. Instruction to Bidders (ITB) 4 Section I. Instructions to Bidders (ITB) A. General 1. Scope of Bid The Purchaser indicated in the Bidding Data Sheet (BDS), issues these Bidding Documents for the supply of Goods and Related Services incidental thereto as specified in Section VI, Schedule of Requirements. The name and identification number of this National Competitive Bidding (NCB) procurement are specified in the BDS. The name, identification, and number of lots of are provided in the BDS. Throughout these Bidding Documents: (a) the term “in writing” means municated in written form (. by mail, , fax, telex) and delivered against receipt。 Part Three relates to contract, including General Conditions of Contract, Special Conditions of Contract and Contract Format. Considering their widespread application and projectspecific conditions, the new MBDs include fixed clauses and variable clauses. Fixed clauses are universally applicable clauses that cannot be changed。 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. In 1995, the World Bank revised its Procurement Guidelines and then developed and published Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) for World Bank financed projects, and requested that its borrowers must use SBDs in World Bank financed projects. After extensive co