试析政府采购合同的性质

政府采购合同的性质一直是一个颇有争议的问题 ,分歧主要集中在政府采购合同是普通的民事合同 ,还是特殊的行政合同。因为政府参加的合同往往同时受公法和私法的支配 ,但几乎所有的国家都承认政府采购合同不同于一般的民事合同。从支配政府采购的依法行政原则、政府采购合同的公益目的和政府在采购合同中的特殊地位分析 ,政府采购合同本质上是行政合同 ,但也有一小部分政策性不强的政府采购合同应视为民事合同。

On the Nature of Government Procurement Contract

The nature of government procurement contracts has been a controversial issue all along .Dispute focuses on the problem whether they belong to civil contractsor administrative contracts.Public law and private law may both be applicable to contracts that government participates in Yet ,there is an unanimous opinion that they are different from civil contracts .The article draws a conclusion that government procurement contracts are administrative contracts in their intrinsic qualities, based on the analysis of their principle of abiding by law ,the objective of public good and executive privilege ,but there are still some contracts that are short of adherence to policy which should be considered civil contracts.