Vietnam: Which e-documents are sent and received on the National E-procurement System?

According to Circular No. 11/2019/TT-BKHDT of the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam, National E-procurement System (hereinafter referred to as the System) specified in clause 26 Article 4 of the Public Procurement Law has the following address http://muasamcong.mpi.gov.vn. “E-documents” refers to documents sent, received and stored successfully on the System, including:

- Information about project;

- Plan for selection of preferred bidder, or plan for selection of preferred investor;

- Information about PPP projects, list of land-using projects;

- Invitation for expression of interest, invitation for prequalification, invitation to bid, notice of proposed procurement;

- Shortlist;

- Request for expression of interest, pre-qualification document, bidding documents, request for proposals, request for quotations;

- Expression of interest responses, prequalification application, bid, proposal, quotations;

- Record of bid opening, record of technical proposal opening, record of financial proposal opening (for e-selection of preferred bidders);

- Report on bid evaluation, report on proposal evaluation, report on quotation evaluation (for e-selection of preferred bidders);

- Result of preferred bidder selection, result for preferred investor selection;

- Information in the course of e-selection of preferred bidders, including: clarification of bidding documents, request for proposals, bids, proposals and other e-documents exchanged between the procuring entity and bidders on the System.

Circular No. 11/2019/TT-BKHDT emphasizes that in order to join and perform transactions on the System, the procuring entity, bidder, and investor must meet the requirements for information technology infrastructure specified in Clause 1, Article 79 and Clause 1, Article 80 of the Law on Public Procurement. and detailed instructions in the User Manual (an e-document posted on the System to instruct users to conduct transactions on the System).

More details can be found in Circular No. 11/2019/TT-BKHDT of the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam, which takes effect from February 01, 2020.

Thu Ba

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