Vietnam: Process of selecting a contractor to implement national target projects

According to Decree No. 161/2016/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the process of selecting a contractor being a local community, mass organization or workers’ team is prescribed as follows:

- The commune management board shall draft a contract that states requirements on the scope, contents, quality and schedule of jobs to be performed, contractual price and rights and obligations of involved parties;

- The commune management board shall publicly post the notice of invitation to participate in executing the bidding package at the head office of the commune-level People’s Committee and announce such invitation to the local communities, mass organizations or workers’ teams on the commune’s media of communication and at the community centers. The notice must specify the time of the meeting to discuss the bidding package execution plan;

- The interested local communities, mass organizations or workers’ teams shall come to receive the draft contract for study and preparing a registration application for execution of the bidding package or project, specifying the names, age, capability and experiences of members to participate in executing the bidding package relevant to the characteristics of the bidding package; bid and execution schedule;

- The local management board shall consider, evaluate and select the best local community or mass organization and invite the latter’s representative to negotiate and sign a contract. A local workers’ team may be assigned only if the local community or mass organization does not file a registration application for execution of the bidding package or project or fails to satisfy the requirements;

- The maximum duration from the date of publicly posting a notice of invitation to participate in executing a bidding package to the date of signing a contract is 30 days.

View more details at the Decree No. 161/2016/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 02, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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