Software belongs to the service category.

Regulations on the Implementation of the Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 4 The goods mentioned in Article 2 of the Government Procurement Law refer to various forms and types of goods, including tangible and intangible things. Intellectual property rights such as trademark exclusive right, copyright and patent right are regarded as goods.

the project mentioned in article 2 of the government procurement law refers to the construction of structures and buildings, including new construction, reconstruction, expansion, decoration, demolition and repair, as well as survey, design, construction and supervision related to construction projects.

the services mentioned in article 2 of the government procurement law refer to the objects of government procurement other than goods and projects, including various professional services, information network development services, financial and insurance services, transportation services, and repair and maintenance services.

Article 53 The bid evaluation methods are divided into the lowest bid evaluation method and the comprehensive scoring method.

article 54 the lowest bid evaluation method refers to the bid evaluation method in which the bid documents meet all the substantive requirements of the tender documents and the bidder with the lowest bid price is the candidate for winning the bid.

the lowest bid evaluation method should be adopted for goods and services with uniform standards such as technology and service.

when using the lowest bid evaluation method, the bidder's bid price cannot be adjusted except for arithmetic correction and price deduction needed to implement the government procurement policy.

Extended information:

The procurement subjects in government procurement activities include state organs, institutions and organizations at all levels. State organs refer to organs at all levels that enjoy the administrative power entrusted by the state according to law, have independent legal person status, and use the state budget as the funds for independent activities.

institutions refer to social service organizations organized by state organs or other organizations using state-owned assets for social welfare purposes, and engaged in education, science and technology, culture, health and other activities; Group organization refers to a non-profit social organization formed voluntarily by Chinese citizens and carrying out activities in accordance with its articles of association in order to realize the consent of its members.

if the purchaser uses all or part of fiscal funds for procurement, it belongs to the management scope of government procurement. Financial funds include budgetary funds, extra-budgetary funds and government funds. Loans repaid with fiscal funds shall be regarded as fiscal funds.

reference sources; Baidu encyclopedia-government procurement