New regulations on online bidding

(Baonghean.vn) - The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning and Investment have just issued Joint Circular No. 07/2015 on providing and posting information about contractors and selecting contractors online.

This Circular regulates the provision and posting of bidding information on the National Bidding Network and Bidding Newspaper, including bidding information specified in Clause 1, Article 8 of the Bidding Law, except for information on projects and bidding packages listed as state secrets specified in Clause 4, Article 7 of Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP dated June 26, 2014 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Bidding Law on contractor selection (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP).

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This Circular regulates the selection of contractors online for non-consulting service packages, goods procurement, and construction and installation using the method of contractor selection such as open bidding, restricted bidding, and domestic competitive bidding according to the one-stage, one-envelope bidding method prescribed in Article 28 of the Law on Bidding.

The subjects of application are organizations and individuals involved in providing and posting information on bidding and contractor selection online within the scope of regulation specified in Article 1 of this Circular.

Organizations and individuals whose bidding activities are not within the scope of regulation specified in Article 1 of this Circular may choose to apply the provision and posting of bidding information on the National Bidding Network System, Bidding Newspaper or choose to apply the selection of contractors online...

This Circular takes effect from November 1, 2015. In Nghe An, the Department of Planning and Investment is preparing to organize a training course on online bidding.

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