Regulations on appraisal and approval of contractor selection plan in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 128 of Decree 24/2024/ND-CP, specific regulations on appraisal of specific contractor selection plan in Vietnam are as follows:

Components of documents submitted for appraisal and approval of contractor selection plan in Vietnam

Documents submitted for appraisal and approval include:

- Request for approval for the specific contractor selection plan;

- Draft specific contractor selection plan;

- Supporting documents for formulating the specific contractor selection plan;

- Other relevant documents.

Regulations on appraisal and approval of contractor selection plan in Vietnam (Internet image)

Matter subject to appraisal of contractor selection plan in Vietnam

Appraisal of the specific contractor selection plan entails a comprehensive examination, evaluation, and provision of comments based on the law on bidding and relevant laws on the following matters:

- Legal grounds for making a specific contractor selection plan:

Consider the appropriateness and completeness of the legal grounds for planning contractor selection and necessary notes (if any).

For pre-bid packages, a specific contractor selection plan is made before signing international treaties, agreements on ODA capital and concessional loans from foreign sponsors according to Article 42 of the Bidding Law;

- Division of projects and procurement estimates into packages:

Consider the appropriateness of dividing a project or procurement estimate into packages; the division into packages must be based on technical aspects, implementation sequence, synchronization of the project or procurement estimate, and reasonableness of package scale;

- Document submitted for approval for the specific contractor selection plan includes the following: review the following aspects of the specific contractor selection plan: appropriateness of the content, compliance with the Bidding Law and other relevant laws, consistency with project or procurement estimate requirements, and any other necessary considerations; review the total value of the following in relation to the total project investment or procurement estimate: portions of the work performed, portions of the work not suitable for any contractor selection method, portions of the work included in the specific contractor selection plan, and any portions of the work that do not meet the criteria for a specific contractor selection plan. For procurement estimates, if the package has a performance period longer than 1 year, consider the conformity of the total value of the work portions with the procurement estimate of the budget year, fiscal year and procurement estimates for the following budget years and fiscal years.

Contents of the report on appraisal of contractor selection plan in Vietnam

Contents of the appraisal report include:

- Overview of main contents of the project or procurement estimate;

- Comments and opinions of the appraisal team on the legal grounds, compliance with regulations of law on bidding and other relevant laws; agreement or disagreement on the content of the draft specific contractor selection plan;

- Proposals and recommendations of the appraisal team on the approval for the specific contractor selection plan. For contents inconsistent with the draft specific contractor selection plan, the appraisal team must give specific reasons and propose solutions to submit to the competent person for consideration and decision;

- Other opinions (if any).

Mai Thanh Loi

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