Agreement on 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 procurement activities would be governed by the Agreement.  A Party is only required to accord non-discriminatory treatment to goods, services and suppliers from other Parties but not non-Parties.

Procurement Covered by Hong Kong, China's Commitments

• Government entities listed in Annex 1 to Appendix I to the GPA
  For contracts of a value not less than -
  130,000 SDR^Note (equivalent to about HK$1.42 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and
  5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$54.64 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$4.37 million) for procurement of goods and specified services; and
  5,000,000 SDR (equivalent to about HK$54.64 million) for construction services.

Note: Special Drawing Rights (SDR) is an international currency unit set up by the International Monetary Fund. For the calculation of thresholds for the period 2022 - 2023, 1 SDR is equivalent to about HK$10.9270301.

Please visit the WTO website or the e-GPA Portal for further information on commitments of Hong Kong, China and other GPA Parties under the Agreement.

Information on the procedures for handling complaints against alleged breaches of the GPA is available on the web page of the Review Body on Bid Challenges.

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