Is it because one has designed an engineering project that they can no longer be involved in its procurement and construction?
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Is there a **rule** stating that once one has designed a project, they cannot participate in the bidding for its procurement and construction?
Well, for the general contracting project, it seems there are no requirements
The Ministry of Construction has such a regulation: one cannot get involved in the procurement and construction of a project after the design is completed, but can participate in supervision. Of course, EPC services can be provided before the project starts.
The view is incorrect; which regulation issued by the Ministry of Construction prohibits those who have completed the design work from participating in subsequent procurement and construction activities? Many project owners wait until the design is completed before initiating PC bidding, and the design firms are also willing to participate in the bidding process.
There are also design institutes with general contracting qualifications.
After the internationally popular EPC general contracting model was introduced to China, various contracting models based on EPC emerged, such as EP+C, E+PC, EPmCs, EPCs, E+PmC, …. All of these models can be applied in projects after the design has been completed.
Management Measures for General Contracting of Engineering Projects: In cases where contracting is carried out in accordance with item (2) of Article 5 of these measures, the general contracting enterprise shall not be the design unit responsible for the project’s preliminary design documents or overall design documents, nor shall it be an institution or entity that has a controlling relationship or is under control by such a unit. ” Article 5 (Contracting Phase) The contracting out of project general contracting can be carried out in the following ways: (2) Contracting out the project general contracting after the preliminary design documents have been approved, or after the overall design documents have passed review and the surveys and design tenders required by law have been completed.
Study carefully *GB/T50358-2017 \"Code for Management of General Contracting of Construction Projects\".