The difference is: 1, and the way to determine the winning supplier is different. Competitive negotiation refers to the negotiation between the negotiating team and qualified suppliers on the procurement of goods, projects and services, and the final quotations are sorted from low to high, and the lowest quotation is the transaction candidate; Competitive negotiation procurement is another procurement method recognized by the procurement supervision and management department of the State Council government, which is generally applicable to government procurement services below the open tender limit. The competitive consulting group negotiates with qualified suppliers on procurement and service matters, and the consulting group comprehensively scores the suppliers according to the requirements of the consulting documents, ranking them from high to low, and the one with the highest score is the transaction candidate. 2. The time of bid opening (submission of response documents) is different. Competitive negotiation is one of the non-tendering procurement methods stipulated in the Government Procurement Law, which is generally applicable to projects that are below the open tender limit or fail to be re-tendered. No less than 3 working days for issuing negotiation documents, and no less than 65,438+00 days for competitive negotiation. 3. The time for answering questions clearly is different. Clarification and answering questions in competitive negotiation should be three working days before the deadline for submission of response documents, and if it is less than three working days, the deadline for submission will be extended; If clarification and answering questions in competitive negotiation are less than 5 days before the deadline for submission, the deadline for submission of response documents shall be extended.