Tender Announcement: 2026 Operation and Maintenance of Rural Domestic Sewage Treatment Facilities

Entrusted by the Sihui Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhongchuang Mingjian Engineering Management Group Co., Ltd. is organising a public tender for the 2026 operation and maintenance of rural domestic sewage treatment facilities (Project No. ZC-ZQCG202610-01). The announcement was published on ccgp.gov.cn on 28 October 2026 at 19:01, with the administrative region given as Sihui City, Zhaoqing, Guangdong. Scope: Package 1 covers the 2026 operation and maintenance of rural domestic sewage treatment facilities, item category 'sewage treatment and reclaimed water utilisation services', one lot, with a package budget of CNY 17,326,800.00 and the maximum-price column shown as '-' (no separate ceiling); technical specifications and parameters are detailed in the procurement document. Consortia are accepted for this package. Contract period: the actual O&M service period is 36 months from the date the purchaser notifies in writing that all sites have been delivered; within 30 calendar days of contract signing the contractor must complete a site survey of all stations and submit a rectification and optimisation plan. Qualifications: compliance with Article 22 of the Government Procurement Law of the PRC with supporting materials — legal capacity to bear civil liability (domestic legal person, other organisation or natural person; copy of valid business licence, public-institution legal person certificate or identity document; branches must provide parent and branch licences plus parent authorisation); good record of tax and social-insurance payments (evidence for any one month within the six months preceding the bid deadline, or a qualification commitment letter); good commercial reputation and a sound financial accounting system (2025 financial report or a credit certificate from the basic deposit bank, or a commitment letter); equipment and technical capability necessary to perform the contract; no major illegal record in business operations in the three years before participation (under Caiku [2022] No.3, a 'relatively large fine' is CNY 2 million or more). Policy requirement: the industry for SME classification is 'other unlisted industries', and the supplier must be an SME under that standard (prison enterprises and welfare units for persons with disabilities are treated as small and micro enterprises); all members of a consortium must be SMEs, with the SME declaration letter as the criterion. Specific requirements: the supplier is not listed on Credit China as a dishonest judgment debtor, a party to major tax violations, or subject to serious dishonesty in government procurement, and is not within a prohibition period recorded on ccgp.gov.cn (verified on the bid deadline day); suppliers with the same legal representative or direct controlling/management relationships may not bid for the same package simultaneously, and suppliers providing overall design, specification preparation, project management, supervision or testing services may not participate. Timeline: tender documents are obtainable from 29 October 2026 to 4 November 2026 (daily 00:00-12:00 and 12:00-23:59, excluding statutory holidays) online at the Guangdong Government Procurement Network https://gdgpo.czt.gd.gov.cn/, free of charge. The bid submission deadline and bid opening are both 18 November 2026 at 15:00 Beijing time, with submission and opening both on the Guangdong Government Procurement Network. The announcement period is five working days from publication. Other: the project uses an electronic bidding system; suppliers should read the supplier manual (https://gdgpo.czt.gd.gov.cn/help/transaction/download.html) and may call 020-88696588 for system issues; CA certificates and electronic seals must be obtained in advance (guide at https://gdgpo.czt.gd.gov.cn/help/problem/); if a bond is required, bid guarantees or insurance may be applied for through the Guangdong Government Procurement Smart Cloud financial service centre. Bidders must also download and complete the Zhaoqing government procurement credit evaluation form for procuring agencies, score items 1 to 3, print it with an official seal, and submit the scanned copy with the bid. The tender document is published as a zip package (named '2026年度农村生活污水治理设施运营维护项目招标文件（2026102801）.zip', about 617 KB) containing PDF and DOCX versions of the same document.