Linshu rebuilds its bid evaluation rooms to keep public resource deals traceable

Linshu county in Linyi, East China's Shandong province, has reconfigured its public resource trading center's bid evaluation area and tightened on-site supervision, part of a broader effort to remove the discretion that has historically made tendering a weak point in local governance.

The county added two seats for intermediary service agencies, nine remote evaluation seats for experts joining from outside the county, and two seats reserved for representatives of the tendering party. The rearrangement separates the parties physically, so that an expert, an agency representative and a buyer cannot confer in the corridor.

Remote evaluation has become the main safeguard. Experts are drawn from a provincial pool at random shortly before a session, and appear by video link rather than in person, which reduces the opportunity for local contacts to identify and approach them in advance.

Every evaluation room is covered by audio and video recording, and the county reports 100 percent traceability of its evaluation process. Recordings are retained for later review in the event of a complaint.

The county said it has handled more than 340 transactions this year with no complaints and no problems identified. Supervisors corrected six irregular behaviors on site during evaluations, and one case of expert misconduct was reported and referred to the relevant authority.

Officials said the changes are intended to shift supervision from after-the-fact investigation to in-process correction, and that the county will continue to review the layout and rules of the evaluation area as new forms of transaction, including online bidding, become more common.

Editor：韩蒙蒙