Regulations for the Implementation of Price Preference by Local Suppliers Article 4

The term "scope" referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 44 of the Act means any construction work, property or service items selected by the responsible entity together with the relevant competent entities and published on the Government Procurement Gazette.The publication referred to in the preceding paragraph shall state the preferential rate and the starting date and the expiry date of the preference period.The published construction work, property or service items referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reviewed periodically by the selecting entities. Where, prior to the expiry date of the preference period, said items are found to be inconsistent with any treaty or agreement to which this nation is a party, the local value-added is less than 50%, or said items are found to be inconsistent with the employment or industry development policy of this nation, the responsible entity shall revoke such items and publish the revocation on the Government Procurement Gazette.Where an entity includes a published item referred to in paragraph 1 in the tender documentation, the entity shall not open the tender provided that the circumstance of revocation referred to in the preceding paragraph occurs prior to the opening of tenders. After modifying the tender documentation, the entity may re-invite the tender.