Agreement on Government Procurement

The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) establishes rules requiring that open, fair and transparent conditions of competition be ensured in government procurement. The GPA is a plurilateral agreement and applies only to those WTO Members who have agreed to be bound by it. Under the Agreement, each signatory (usually referred to as "Party") shall set out in a "coverage schedule" which procurements would be governed by the Agreement. A Party is required to accord non-discriminatory treatment to goods, services and suppliers from other Parties but not non-Parties.

Procurements Covered by Hong Kong, China's Commitments

Hong Kong acceded to the GPA in June 1997. The procurements covered by Hong Kong, China’s “coverage schedule” are summarised below:

Procuring Entities	Procuring Activities	Procuring Thresholds
Government entities listed in Annex 1 to Appendix 1 to the GPA	Procurement of goods, all construction services and eight major groups of non-construction services	For contracts of a value not less than – 130,000 SDR¹ (equivalent to about HK$1.37 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and 5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$52.54 million) for construction services.
Non-Government public bodies including - the Airport Authority; the Hospital Authority; the Housing Authority and Housing Department; Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and; MTR Corporation Limited	For contracts of a value not less than – 400,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$4.20 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and 5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$52.54 million) for construction services.

Procuring Entities

Procuring Activities

Procuring Thresholds

Government entities listed in Annex 1 to Appendix 1 to the GPA

Procurement of goods, all construction services and eight major groups of non-construction services

For contracts of a value not less than –

130,000 SDR¹ (equivalent to about HK$1.37 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and
5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$52.54 million) for construction services.

Non-Government public bodies including -

the Airport Authority;
the Hospital Authority;
the Housing Authority and Housing Department;
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and;
MTR Corporation Limited

For contracts of a value not less than –

400,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$4.20 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and
5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$52.54 million) for construction services.

Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is an international currency unit set up by the International Monetary Fund. For the calculation of thresholds for the period 2024 - 2025, 1 SDR is equivalent to about HK$10.5070795.

Agreement on Government Procurement

Procurements Covered by Hong Kong, China's Commitments

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