"From the perspective of daily government procurement supervision and special rectification across the province, some government procurement projects still suffer from low efficiency in fiscal fund utilization due to issues like loose budget preparation, unrealistic demand assessment, artificially inflated procurement prices, and perfunctory contract fulfillment and acceptance." Recently, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Finance issued a notice, demanding the implementation of strict budgetary discipline and further improving the efficiency of government procurement fund use.

In terms of strengthening the source control of procurement budgets, the notice requires that all procurement units must conduct a comprehensive review of their asset allocation, historical execution of procurement projects, and actual demand gaps before preparing government procurement budgets. Projects with unclear baselines, incomplete records, or inaccurate data must be坚决 excluded from the scope of government procurement budget preparation. Repeated budget preparation for items that can be replaced through allocation, leasing, sharing, or repair is strictly prohibited.

The notice states that all procurement units must prepare procurement demands strictly in accordance with the "Government Procurement Demand Management Measures" and establish a sound review mechanism. Relevant departments such as procurement, finance, business, and supervision within the unit must participate in the review and audit of procurement demands and implementation plans, with written records kept and archived to prevent issues like盲目 procurement, duplicate procurement, and fund waste caused by unrealistic demand assessment.

The Shanxi Provincial Finance Department also clarified that procurement entities at all levels should comprehensively consider historical transaction data of similar projects, the latest market fair prices, industry-standard fixed quotas, as well as factors such as potential operational maintenance, upgrades and updates, spare parts, and consumables. They should organize all-around, multi-dimensional market price comparisons through online platform inquiries and offline on-site price comparisons. Based on the comparison results, they must accurately calculate procurement budget amounts to prevent financial waste from the source. For procurement projects of goods and services that are technically complex, lack price transparency, attract high public attention, or involve livelihood-related matters, public opinions on technical parameters and price rationality must be solicited before procurement.