Regulations on contract award for consulting service packages in Vietnam

Regulations on bid evaluation methods applied to consulting service packages in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 59 of the Law on Bidding 2023, regulations on the bid evaluation methods applied to consulting service packagesre as follows:

(1) Least-cost method:

- The least-cost method applies to simple consulting service packages or consulting service packages where consulting process has been well defined according to existing standards;

- The bidder that has a bid meeting technical requirements and the lowest bid price after error correction and deviation adjustment (if any), and deducting the value of discounts (if any), shall be ranked first.

(2) Fixed-price method:

- The fixed-price method applies to simple consulting service packages where the exact scope of tasks is defined and the rational, specific and fixed costs for executing the package are specified in the bidding documents;

- The bidder that has a bid meeting technical requirements, the bid price after error correction and deviation adjustment (if any), and deducting the value of discounts (if any), not exceeding the package price, and the highest technical score shall be ranked first.

(3) Combined technique and price-based method:

- The combined technique and price-based method applies to consulting service packages where both quality and costs for executing the package are critical;

- The combined score shall be calculated on the basis of the technical score and the price score. The scoring system must follow the rule that the technical score accounts for 70% - 80% of total score and the price score accounts for 20% - 30% of total score; the sum of technical score and price score shall be 100%. The bidder that has the highest combined score shall be ranked first.

site score scale; The technical score plus the price score equals 100%. The contractor with the highest aggregate score is ranked first.

(4) Technique-based method:

- The technique-based method applies to consulting service packages with specific or high technical requirements;

- The bidder that has a bid meeting technical requirements and the highest technical score shall be ranked first, and invited to the opening of financial proposal as the basis for contract negotiation.

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Regulations on contract award for consulting service packages in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 60 of the Law on Bidding 2023, regulations on contract award for consulting service packages are as follows:

- A consultant that is an organization shall be considered successful and awarded the contract if the consultant:

= Has a substantially responsive bid or proposal;

= Has a technical proposal meeting the requirements of the bidding documents or RFP;

= Has the lowest bid price after error correction and deviation adjustment, and deducting the value of discounts (if any), if the least-cost method applies; or has the lowest bid price after deducting discounts (if any), in case of a lump sum contract; or has the highest technical score, if either the fixed-price method or technique-base method applies; or has the highest combined score, if the combined technique and price-based method applies; and

= Has a proposed successful bid price not exceeding the approved package price.

- A consultant that is an individual shall be considered successful and awarded the contract if the consultant:

= has a scientific CV and technical proposal (if any) which are considered the most advantageous one conforming to the requirements laid down in terms of reference; and

= has a proposed successful bid price not exceeding the approved package price.

- The notice of contractor selection result sent to an unsuccessful bidder must provide the reason(s) their bid was unsuccessful.

Mai Thanh Loi

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