How is the bidding capability defined?

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Article 12 of the Law on Bidding and Tendering stipulates that if the tenderer has the capability to prepare bidding documents and organize evaluations, it may handle the bidding matters on its own. No entity or individual may force it to entrust a bidding agency to handle bidding matters. If the tenderer does not meet the aforementioned requirements for tendering capabilities, it is necessary to entrust a qualified intermediary agency to handle the tendering on its behalf. The question is: how to determine whether a company has the capability to prepare tender documents and organize evaluations? At present, our company prepares the tender documents by itself, and for the evaluation process we invite experts from the bidding authority. The total cost of the projects undertaken by our company is generally over 30 million yuan; is it reasonable to conduct tenders in this way? Anyway, it’s always been myself who issues the tenders...