The Vietnam National E-Procurement System shall automatically extract the annual revenue from the financial statements into the bidder's profile
Limited time for bid opening on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System is not more than 02 hours
According to Article 31 of Circular 08/2022/TT-BKHDT, the deadline for bid opening for bidder selection on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System is as follows:
- For contract package applying the single stage - one envelope bidding procedure:
The procuring entity must open bids and publicize the bid opening minutes on the System within no more than 2 hours from the time of bid closing.
- For contract package applying the the single stage - two envelope bidding procedure:
+ The procuring entity must open the electronic technical proposals and publish the minutes of the electronic technical proposals opening on the System within no more than 02 hours from the time of bid closing;
+ After deciding on approving the list of bidders meeting the technical requirements is issued, the procuring entity uploads this list on the System and attaches a scanned copy of the approval document for the list of qualified bidders, technical requirements on the System. After successful posting, the system sends a notice to the bidders participating in the bidding package;
+ After posting the list of bidders meeting the technical requirements, the Procuring Entity shall open the electronic technical proposals of the bidders whose names are on the list of bidders meeting the technical requirements and publicize the minutes of electronic technical proposals opening. Financial Proposal on the System.
Thus, the time limit for opening bids on the Online Procurement System is within 02 hours from the time of bid closing according to the above regulations.
The Vietnam National E-Procurement System shall automatically extract the annual revenue from the financial statements into the bidder's profile
What are the bidder's responsibilities in the participating bidding on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System?
According to Article 26 of Circular 08/2022/TT-BKHDT stipulating the responsibilities of bidders in the process of participating in bids on the Vietnam National E-Procurement System as follows:
The bidder is responsible for the accuracy of the information declared on the webform and attached documents during the bidding process. bidders enter information as required by electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification documents, electronic bidding documents and attach document files to form a set of electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification applications, and electronic bid packages as follows:
- Information about the validity of the electronic bid packages:
+ For the content of the bid security, the bidder shall declare the information and attach a scanned copy of the bid security;
+ For the remaining contents, the bidder only declares information on the webform without attaching scanned copies of relevant documents and documents.
Information about capacity and experience:
+ For similar contracts, production capacity: the bidder declares and attaches relevant documents to prove the declared information;
+ For the requirement of financial resources: the bidder declares information in case the bidder uses the commitment to provide credit to prove his financial resources.
In addition to having to declare information, the bidder attaches a scanned copy of the commitment to provide credit
+ For annual revenue, net asset value: from 2021 onwards, the system automatically extracts data on financial statements from the National Information System on Business Registration, the Tax System electronically into the bidder's qualification file;
+ For other contents: the bidder declares on the webform without attaching scanned copies of relevant documents and documents;
For financial statement data from 2021 onwards, in case the bidder finds that the system has not updated the data compared to the electronic tax system of the years from 2021 onwards, the bidder shall amend the information. information to match the data reported to the tax authorities; In case the data updated or modified by the bidder on the System is not consistent with the data on the Electronic Tax System, leading to falsifying the bidder selection results, the bidder will be considered fraudulent, violating the Clause 1 of this Article. 4 Article 89 of the Law on Bidding.
- The bidder is responsible for studying electronic bidding documents, electronic prequalification documents, electronic bidding documents for the contract package that the bidder is interested in to prepare electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification applications, electronic bid packages to suit the requirements of the electronic bidding documents. electronic EOI requests, electronic prequalification documents, electronic bidding documents. In case it is discovered that the electronic bidding documents, electronic prequalification documents, and electronic bidding documents contain unclear contents, causing difficulties for the bidder in preparing the electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification applications, and electronic bid packages, the bidder must request the procuring entity shall clarify the electronic EOI requests, electronic prequalification documents, and electronic bidding documents for the investor and the procuring entity to amend and supplement these documents accordingly.
- The bidder is responsible for monitoring and updating information on the System for the bidding package that the bidder is interested in or attends. In case errors occur due to failure to monitor and update information on the System, leading to disadvantages for bidders during the bidding process, including: change or modification of electronic EOI requests, electronic EOI requests, electronic bidding documents , time to submit electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification applications, electronic bid packages, time for clarification of electronic EOI response, electronic prequalification applications, electronic bid packages, contract negotiation time and other contents the bidder must be solely responsible and bear any disadvantage during the bidding process,
- In case the legal representative of the bidder authorizes the branch director, the director of the dependent cost-accounting subsidiary, the director of the enterprise, etc. to perform the tasks during the bidding process, Bidding on the System must be done using the bidder's account participating in the System, but not using the System participating account of the branch, subsidiary, enterprise... using the account participating in the System of the branch or its dependent cost-accounting units), the bidder will be considered as not meeting the eligibility requirements as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 5 of the Bidding Law.
Thus, for annual revenue, from 2021 onwards, the system automatically extracts data on financial statements from the National Information System on Business Registration, the Electronic Tax System into the file. bidder's capacity profile.
What are the conditions for individuals to participate in bidding activities?
According to Article 16 of the Law on Bidding 2013, the conditions for individuals to participate in bidding activities are as follows:
Article 16. Conditions for individuals to participate in bidding activities
1. Individuals participating in bidding activities must possess certificate of training on bidding and have professional expertise, capability, experiences, language appropriate to the requirements of the package, project, except for individuals belonging to bidders/investors.
2. Individuals who directly participate in making EOI requests, Prequalification Documents, Bidding Documents, Requests for Proposals; assessment of EOI responses, Applications, Bids, Proposals of professional bidding organizations, enterprises, units operating in consulting for bidding, professional management board of projects must have certificate of practicing on bidding operation.
Circular 08/2022/TT-BKHDT takes effect from August 1, 2022.
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