PROHIBITED TO INTENTIONALLY EXCLUDE CONTRACTORS FROM ACCESS TO THESE INCENTIVES
In order to promote the production and consumption of domestically produced supplies and commodities, help businesses, domestically produced goods and services enhance their competitiveness against integration pressure when implementing international commitments…on April 04, 2017, the Prime Minister issued the Directive No. 13/CT-TTg on increasing the use of domestically produced supplies and commodities during the bidding process for state-funded capital investment projects and recurring purchase.
At the Directive, the Prime Minister emphasizes that The slicing of bid packages under state-funded projects, schemes, programs (hereinafter referred to as projects) or cost estimates for state-funded recurring purchase must comply with the principle of slicing of bid packages according to the law on bidding, correspond to the capacity of domestic contractors and ensure maximum competitive conditions for domestic enterprises to win contracts and create jobs for domestic laborers. International bidding may be held only when domestic producers are unable to manufacture or able to do so but fail to conform to the specified requirements of quality, quantity and price of commodities, supplies and equipment or the request of donors on procurement of these items for contracts as part of projects financed…
Particularly, the slicing of a procurement project or plan into different bid packages in contravention of the law on bidding for the purpose of restricting domestic contractors to bid is strictly prohibited; Investors and bid solicitors arc prohibited from compiling invitation for bid or request for proposal that allow employment of foreign workers when domestic workers are capable of meeting the requirements of bid package implementation, especially manual jobs; It is prohibited to specify origin, brand and catalog of specific goods for reference or illustration in the invitation for bid or request for proposal when it is possible to give the detailed description of their technical features, technology design and technology standard…
