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Mr. Zhang is a financial officer of a unit in Jiangsu Province. Recently, he and his colleagues are nervously preparing the budget for the next year of the unit. "Our budget for furniture purchase next year is based on Jiangsu's new asset allocation budget." Similarly, the central government and many local administrative agencies have budgets for the furniture sector when preparing the next annual budget. A new reference standard. The central government has successively issued the recent days. The Ministry of Finance and several provincial finance departments have issued notices to stipulate the purchase standards for office furniture of relevant units. In order to strengthen the management of the purchase of general office equipment and furniture in the central administrative unit, the Ministry of Finance recently issued a notice on the issuance of the “Standards for the Purchase of Furniture for General Office Equipment of the Central Administrative Unit (Trial)†(hereinafter referred to as the “Noticeâ€), which clearly states that The standard is an important part of the central budget standard system, and it is the relevant basis for the department's budget preparation and the financial department's audit budget. According to the Notice, the standards for office furniture include the physical quantity standard, the price ceiling standard and the service life standard. The physical quantity standard is subject to two-way control. First, the standards are set according to the level of staff and the number of internal institutions. Leaders at or above the ministerial level are equipped as needed, and other staff members are divided according to the following two levels: department level and department level. The second is to set standards for the number of people in the unit. Soon after the introduction of the standards of the Ministry of Finance, such standards were also introduced in many provinces and cities. The relevant person in charge of the Assets Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance told the reporter that the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance has taken the asset allocation standard system as a key research topic, and the provincial-level agency affairs bureau formed a research team to conduct field visits to Guangdong and Hainan, and repeatedly The opinions of the relevant units were solicited, and finally, the “General General Asset Allocation Budget Standard for Jiangsu Provincial Administrative Institutions (Trial)†was recently issued. It is understood that in addition to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces have recently introduced the budgetary standards for general office equipment and office furniture purchase fees for provincial administrative institutions. In addition, Hainan Province is actively studying and updating and adjusting the original standards. It is expected that new standards will be introduced soon. The implementation of the situation is mixed with the configuration standards of office furniture. Relevant departments at all levels have had relevant regulations. These regulations are conducive to standardizing asset management. For suppliers, there is a specific reference price, which has a guiding significance for furniture procurement. . However, from the perspective of the implementation effect, the situation is different. "At present, many provincial-level administrative institutions in Jiangsu Province are carrying out budget preparation work for the next year. All the furniture parts are budgeted according to this standard." The relevant person in charge of the Assets Department of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance said that Jiangsu's standards have just been introduced soon. Since they have fully sought the opinions of various units, they are currently implementing them seriously, but the specific effects will have to wait for a while to know. Hainan Province has introduced relevant standards since 2008. According to the relevant person in charge of the local finance department, they have a strict control procedure to ensure the implementation of the standards. The first is that when the budget is made, the Finance Department will verify the relevant budget funds of each unit according to this standard. Second, when government procurement, they also require that they must be rigorously procured according to standards. Finally, in the accounting, each unit will be controlled according to this standard. "Through the control of these three links, the implementation of the standard can be basically guaranteed. At present, the implementation of the standard is good." "The National Authority has similar standards before, but as far as I know, many departments rarely follow the purchase of furniture. This standard is implemented.†Speaking of the standard of office furniture, the head of a large furniture company seems to be somewhat dissatisfied. He told reporters that many of these office furniture configuration standards are out of line with the actual situation, which can be said to be “deserved in name onlyâ€. ", many times only symbolically as a reference, there is no substantial manifestation in the procurement. Mr. Meng, who is responsible for furniture procurement in a provincial administrative unit in Yunnan Province, also confirmed this statement: “Our unit has just completed an office furniture procurement project recently. The standard is mainly through pre-market research, research and discussion in various departments of the unit, and then listening. The opinions of the unit leaders were finalized.†Mr. Meng said that the relevant standards in Yunnan Province are not very reasonable. According to this standard, it is difficult to purchase suitable products, so they are only used as a reference and are not fully implemented. The price and age settings are inadequate. Why are some office furniture configuration standards not recognized by the purchasers and “deserved in nameâ€? The director of the Beijing Furniture Association Office Furniture Professional Committee and the Beijing Municipal Government procurement evaluation expert Zhao Shoutian told the reporter why. “In recent years, furniture raw materials and labor costs have been rising, and oil prices have risen, which has led to an increase in transportation costs. These have caused the furniture industry to change greatly from previous prices.†Zhao Shoutian said that these standards are often set at a higher price. Low, and many have not been updated for a long time, so its pricing is far from adapting to current market requirements. In order to purchase according to these standards, in order to reduce costs, some successful bidders often “find†in terms of materials, which makes the quality and environmental protection requirements of the products likely to be problematic. As a bid evaluation expert, Zhao Shoutian also encountered a situation in which the winning bid amount was much lower than the budget. According to him, many buyers are reluctant to this phenomenon. "Some standards have price restrictions but no quality. According to this implementation, the results of the bidding often come out, the price is much lower than the budget, and the purchaser is worried that there will be problems in quality, so many purchasers are reluctant to implement these standards." Tian said. In addition to the price, Zhao Shoutian believes that it is not scientific to set such standards to be “one size fits all†for 10 or 15 years. Furniture such as tables and cabinets generally have a long service life, but soft materials such as chairs and sofas, such as sponges, have a short service life. Many chairs and sofas have not damaged their main structure after several years of use, but their soft materials have lost their usefulness and are very uncomfortable to use. These standards have not set the elimination criteria in a targeted manner, which is also the purchaser. An important reason for "cold". Standards should not be too general. At present, the Ministry of Finance and more than 10 regions including Jiangsu, Fujian and Zhejiang have successively introduced standards for the provision of office equipment and furniture. From the overall perspective of standard setting, these standards mainly stipulate the number of physical equipment, price ceiling and age limit. There are few requirements for environmental protection requirements, product quality, product materials, etc., and no different products. Targeted settings for years of use and actual needs of different work environments. Therefore, the author believes that the standard content is still slightly more general. The standardization of government procurement is the trend of the times. How to do a good job in the procurement of furniture and budget standards, and the connection between government procurement and asset management has become an important issue in the standardization of government procurement. Here, we might as well listen to the voices of some companies. In the contact with the company, the author understands that the company's views on these standards are also different. Some enterprises believe that the formulation of standards is reasonable, can meet the needs of government procurement, and also meet the requirements of corporate services for government procurement and sustainable development. However, some companies have put forward their own views on this. The relevant person in charge of a furniture company believes that some manufacturers of furniture standardization may not have actually engaged in furniture procurement. Therefore, some actual conditions for furniture procurement work often cannot be considered in the formulation of standards. For example, the purchase of filing cabinets is often related to the height of the office interior. Different indoor heights may require different sizes of products, and the material consumption caused by the change of size will affect the cost of the product, which may break the price ceiling. However, suppliers are not likely to make money-losing services, so some suppliers may find ways to "satisfy" the requirements of the standard, and some may thin the board to reduce the consumption of the main material, while others may make a fuss about the quantity. The final effect is the actual effect of the purchase. Therefore, the development of standards still requires some flexibility, combined with the actual needs of the work environment, and not too general. In addition, the price ceiling in the government procurement standard has become the key to standard setting. In the end, it is really difficult to set the price ceiling. In this regard, the author believes that while fully integrating the market conditions and configuration needs, it is also advisable to set aside a relatively reasonable profit margin from the perspective of enterprise cost, so as to ensure the rationality of the price regulations and avoid depressing suppliers. Profit margins. As we all know, while government procurement meets the needs of the government, it must promote the development of industry and enterprises. Only by leaving the company with appropriate profit margins, can it be nourished and healthyly grown by government procurement “nutrientsâ€, and then it can continuously improve the enterprise. The level and capacity of government procurement services and the continued development of the entire industry.