FROM 2022, APPLY ONLINE CONTRACTOR SELECTION TO 100% CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION BIDDING PACKAGES WITH A PRICE NOT EXCEEDING VND 20 BILLION
On May 31, 2022, the Ministry of Planning and Investment issues the Circular No. 08/2022/TT-BKHDT stipulating in detail the provision and posting of information on bidding, and selection of contractors via the National E-Public Procurement system.
Specifically, information on the contractor selection plan shall be posted in the system by the project owners (for investment and development projects) and the bid solicitors (for regular procurement) within 7 working days from the date of approval of the contractor selection plan. The project owners (for development investment projects) and the bid solicitors (for regular procurement) must attach the Decisions of approval of plans for selection of contractors when posting the plans. The planning for selection of contractors for bidding packages of a project shall be implemented on the basis of the capital allocation plan for the entire project. It is not required to make plans for selection of contractors according to the capital plan of each year.
Besides, the roadmap for application of the online contractor selection method is as follows: In 2022, organizing online selection of contractors for all (100%) bidding packages for procurement of goods, non-consultancy services and consultancy services with a price not exceeding VND 10 billion and construction and installation bidding packages with a price not exceeding VND 20 billion, which are subject to open bidding or competitive offer, except mixed bidding packages, and bidding packages applying the methods of two-stage and single-envelope and two-stage and two-envelope; ensuring that the total number of bidding packages organizing online selection of contractors reaches at least 80% of the number of bidding packages and at least 70% of the total value of the bidding package applying the method of open bidding and competitive offer, except for the mixed bidding package, the bidding package applying the two-stage single-envelope or two-stage two-envelope method; etc.
By 2023, to organize online selection of contractors for 100% of bidding packages subject to open bidding, restricted bidding or competitive offers, which are worth either less than VND 200 billion, in terms of goods (including medicines), construction and installation, non-consultancy services and consultancy services, except for mixed bidding packages and bidding packages applying the methods of two-stage and single-envelope and two-stage and two-envelope.
This Circular takes effect from August 01, 2022.
