All bidding will be carried via online from 01/01/2025 in Vietnam

What contents are included in the contractor/investor selection conducted on VNEPS in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 50 the Law on Bidding in 2023, contractor/investor selection contents to be conducted on VNEPS:

- Publishing of information on contractor/investor selection;

- Preparation, appraisal and approval of prequalification document, EOI request, bidding documents or RFP;

- Preparation and submission of prequalification applications, EOIs, applications for project execution, bids or proposals;

- Bid opening;

- Evaluation of prequalification applications, EOIs, bids or proposals, invitation for contract negotiation, appraisal and approval of contractor selection result;

- Consortium agreement, electronic bid security, electronic contract performance;

- Clarification of bidding-related contents;

- Submission and receipt of petitions;

- Electronic contract;

- Electronic payment.

What are requirements for VNEPS in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 51 the Law on Bidding in 2023 stipulating requirements for VNEPS in Vietnam as follows:

- Information published on VNEPS must be made publicly available and accessed without limitation.

- Time source of VNEPS shall comply with regulations of law on national standard time source.

- VNEPS must be operated in a continuous, uniform, stable and safe manner and is capable of user authentication, and data confidentiality and integrity.

- Information on transactions conducted on VNEPS must be sufficiently recorded and can be easily tracked.

- VNEPS must be operated in a manner ensuring that bidders/investors cannot send their EOIs, prequalification applications, bids or proposals to procuring entities after deadlines for submission of bids.

- Information on contractors/investors may be obtained from the national enterprise registration information system, tax administration information system, budget and treasury management information system and other systems. VNEPS shall be connected with web portals and other information systems for the purposes of sharing data and information used in online bidding and serving state management of bidding activities.

All bidding will be carried via online from 01/01/2025 in Vietnam

Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 50 the Law on Bidding in 2023 stipulating online contractor and investor selection as follows:

Online contractor and investor selection

1. Domestic competitive bidding, limited bidding and shopping must be conducted on VNEPS according to the following roadmap:

a) From the effective date of this Law to December 31, 2024 inclusively, the Government shall decide whether to adopt online bidding method or not;

b) From January 01, 2025, the online bidding method shall apply to all packages, except cases where the bidding is not conducted on VNEPS as prescribed in Clause 5 of this Article.

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5. The Government shall stipulate the connection and information sharing as prescribed in Clause 6 Article 51 of this Law; online bidding techniques which should be suitable for features and development of VNEPS; online bidding procedures and costs; online investor selection roadmap; cases where the bidding is not conducted on VNEPS.

Thus, from January 1, 2025, online bidding will be applied to all bidding packages. However, it will not apply to the case of not bidding on the National Procurement Network according to regulations.

Note: The Law on Bidding 2023 takes effect from January 1, 2024.

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