Air-conditioning purchases in May reached a record high value of 400 million yuan

In May, the government procurement air-conditioning market ushered in the peak period of procurement during the year. As the retail air-conditioning market continues to heat up, the government-purchased air-conditioning market has been re-ignited and created the highest peak of monthly purchases following the previous four months. According to incomplete statistics, the air-conditioning public bidding project purchased in May exceeded 400 million yuan.

Purchase amount breaks 400 million yuan

Looking at the government procurement of the air-conditioning market in May, it is difficult to summarize the hot facts of a “hot” word. This is followed by a warming of the market after the first four months of high temperatures. The reporter recently carried out statistics and collation of the bid announcement issued by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China on the designated government procurement information release media "China Financial News", "China Government Procurement News" and China Government Procurement Network released in May. According to statistics, the number of air-conditioning procurement projects in May reached more than 300, which is the most months of air-conditioning procurement projects this year. Among them, the number of large quantities accounted for a relatively high number, not only the number of projects over one million yuan, but there is no shortage of 5 million yuan or even 10 million yuan level of super big standard. In May, the top 10 bid items for air-conditioning procurement were all over 6 million yuan. Among them, Fuzhou Qihai Air-Conditioning Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd. won the tender bid for the procurement project of Xiamen Guomao Tianqin Bay G28 Phase II and G29 Land-Cooling Frequency Conversion Type Central Air-Conditioning System and won the bid of RMB 76.68 million, which is also the largest bid item this year.

Due to frequent bids for large-scale projects, the procurement volume in May hit a new high for monthly air-conditioning purchases in the past two years. According to statistics, the scale of air-conditioning purchases in May exceeded the 400 million yuan mark. Similar to the first four months, in May air-conditioning procurement, schools, hospitals, gymnasiums, museums and other systems, education, sports, health and other system procurement is still the protagonist of procurement, their total purchases exceed 40% of the overall procurement scale. Among them, the education system's air-conditioning purchase amounted to nearly 100 million yuan. From the top 10 air-conditioning procurement projects in May, there are up to 4 health system projects, 2 large-scale public building projects, and 1 school project.

Air-conditioning companies make efforts

Looking back at the first five months of air-conditioning procurement, it is not difficult to find that the scale of air-conditioning procurement in 2012 showed a steady development trend. The purchasing scale in the first four months hovered around 300 million yuan, which is a steady increase compared with the same period of previous years. What is even more gratifying is that air-conditioning purchases in May allowed the government-purchased air-conditioning market, which has never been reduced, to heat up again, creating a peak in the scale of procurement.

In this regard, industry experts analyzed that before the country’s investment of 4 trillion yuan has gradually shown results, the impact on the government procurement market is very obvious. In particular, the country’s investment in large-scale infrastructure construction is relatively large. This will undoubtedly further stimulate sales of air-conditioning and other ancillary products in the government procurement market.

The boom in the government procurement air-conditioning market is in stark contrast to the downturn in the air-conditioning retail market. From the second half of last year to the first half of this year, the air-conditioning retail market has been in a sluggish state. Manufacturers and merchants have been unable to do so. They are looking forward to the early arrival of national policies to re-energize the market. In May, for air-conditioning companies, it was a happy month. During this month, the State Council executive meeting decided to arrange financial subsidies of 26.5 billion yuan to promote air-conditioning and other five types of energy-saving home appliances. This undoubtedly greatly increased market confidence.

However, before the policy has yet to settle, the sluggish retail market has caused many air-conditioning companies to incorporate the government procurement market with rising purchasing scale into the strategic height of enterprise development, and has given great attention to it. For example, in 2012, Hisense Air-conditioner explicitly increased the implementation of government procurement projects, selected a special person to take charge of the government procurement market, and paid full attention to the bidding work of the project. In the recent central air-conditioning central procurement projects and the national tax system air-conditioning protocol supply projects, Hisense successfully won the bid for two major projects with the strength and rigorous style of frequency conversion experts. Not only Hisense, but also Gree, Chigo, Haier and other companies have also stepped up efforts to expand the government procurement market. The active participation of air-conditioning companies is a good thing for the government procurement of air-conditioning market, which not only aggravates the reasonable competition between brands, but also enables purchasers to have more choice opportunities for brands and products.