MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING has floated a tender for International Consultant for Inclusive Education. The project location is Viet Nam and the tender is closing on 18 Feb 2021. The tender notice number is C13, while the TOT Ref Number is 40843424. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Viet Nam

Summary : International Consultant for Inclusive Education

Deadline : 18 Feb 2021

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 40843424

Document Ref. No. : C13

Competition : ICB

Financier : Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
No 35, Dai Co Viet, Ha Noi Tel: (+84)043.8695144 Fax: (+84)043.8697215
Viet Nam
URL :https://en.moet.gov.vn/

Tender Details

Procurement Plan for International Consultant for Inclusive Education.

National Competitive Bidding

1. General

The procedures to be followed for the procurement of goods, non-consulting services, and works under contracts awarded on the basis of National Competitive Bidding shall be those set forth in: (a) Law on Procurement No. 43/2013/QH13 dated November 26, 2013 ("Law on Procurement") and (b) Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP dated June 26, 2014 (collectively, "National Procurement Laws"). Whenever any procedure in the National Procurement Laws is inconsistent with the ADB Procurement Guidelines (March 2013, as amended from time to time), the ADB Procurement Guidelines shall prevail, amongst others on the following.

2. Eligibility

(i) The eligibility of bidders shall be defined under section I of the ADB Procurement Guidelines; accordingly, no bidder or potential bidder should be declared ineligible for reasons other than those provided in section I of the ADB Procurement Guidelines, as amended from time to time.

Conditions of bidders` participation shall be limited to those that are essential to ensure bidders` capability to fulfill the contract in question. Foreign bidders shall be eligible to participate under the same conditions as national bidders. Foreign bidders shall not be asked or required to form joint ventures with, or be subcontractors to, national bidders in order to submit a bid.

(ii) A firm declared ineligible by ADB cannot participate in bidding for an ADB-financed contract during the period of time determined by ADB.

(iii) A bidder shall not have a conflict of interest, which term shall be defined in accordance with section 1 of ADB Procurement Guidelines.1 Any bidder found to have a conflict of interest shall be ineligible for contract award.

(iv) Government-owned enterprises in the Borrower`s country shall be eligible to participate as a bidder only if they can establish that they are legally and financially autonomous, operate under commercial law and are not dependent agencies of the Borrower or Sub-Borrower.

(v) National sanction lists may only be applied with approval of ADB2.

3. Preferences

No preference of any kind shall be given to domestic bidders over foreign bidders or for domestically manufactured goods over foreign manufactured goods. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable financing agreement, preferences among domestic bidders set forth in Article 14(3) of the Law on Procurement shall not be applied.


4. Bidding Procedure
Single stage-single envelope shall be the default bidding procedure and application of other bidding
procedures shall require ADB`s prior approval.
5. Time for Bid Preparation
The time allowed for the preparation and submission of bids for large and/or complex packages shall not be
less than thirty (30) days from the date of the invitation to bid or the date of availability of the bidding
documents, whichever is later.

6. Standard bidding documents

The Borrower`s standard bidding documents, acceptable to ADB, shall be used. Bidders shall be allowed to submit bids by hand or by mail/ courier.

7. Bid Opening and Evaluation

(i) Bids shall be opened in public, immediately after the deadline for submission of bids, regardless of the number of bids received.

(ii) Except with prior approval of ADB, merit points shall not be used in bid evaluation.

(iii) No price adjustments shall be made for evaluation purposes in accordance with Article 117(6) of Decree 63 when unit rates offered by the bidder are determined to be abnormally low.

(iv) Bidders shall be given commercially reasonable time period to respond to clarification requests.

(v) Bidders shall not be eliminated from detailed evaluation on the basis of minor, non-substantial deviations3.

(vi) Except with the prior approval of ADB, negotiations contemplated under paragraphs 7 and 8 of Article 117 of Decree No. 63/2014/ND-CP shall not take place with any bidder prior to contract award.

(vii) A bidder shall not be required, as a condition for award of contract, to undertake obligations not specified in the bidding documents or otherwise to modify the bid as originally submitted.

8. Rejection of All Bids and Rebidding

(i) No bid shall be rejected on the basis of a comparison with the Procuring Entity`s estimate or budget ceiling without ADB`s prior concurrence.

(ii) All bids shall not be rejected and new bids solicited without ADB`s prior approval.


9. Publication of the Award of Contract. Debriefing.

(i) For contracts subject to prior review, within 2 weeks of receiving ADB`s "No—objection to the recommendation of contract award, the borrower shall publish in the Government Public Procurement Gazette, or well-known and freely-accessible website the results of the bid evaluation, identifying the bid and lot numbers, and providing information on: i) name of each bidder who submitted a bid; ii) bid prices as read out at bid opening; iii) name and evaluated prices of each bid that was evaluated; iv) name of bidders whose bids were rejected and the reasons for their rejection; and v) name of the winning bidder, and the price it offered, as well as the duration and summary scope of the contract awarded.

(ii) For contracts subject to post review, the procuring entity shall publish the bid evaluation results no later than the date of contract award.

(iii) In the publication of the bid evaluation results, the Borrower shall specify that any bidder who wishes to ascertain the grounds on which its bid was not selected, may request an explanation from the Borrower. The Borrower shall promptly provide an explanation of why such bid was not selected, either in writing and/or in a debriefing meeting, at the option of the Borrower. The requesting bidder shall bear all the costs of attending such a debriefing.

10. Contract Administration

The Contract Agreement, as such term is defined in the relevant bidding document, shall be applied without any modification during implementation except as otherwise agreed by ADB.

11. Fraud and Corruption

A provision shall be included in all bidding documents for NCB works and goods contracts financed by ADB stating that ADB will sanction a party or its related parties, including declaring ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, to participate in ADB-financed, administered or supported activities if it at any time determines that the party has, directly or indirectly through an agent, engaged in integrity violations as defined under ADB`s Integrity Principles and Guidelines, including corrupt, fraudulent, collusive, or coercive practices in competing for, or in executing, an ADB-financed, administered or supported contract.

12. Right to Inspect/ Audit

Each bidding document and contract financed by ADB shall include a provision requiring bidders, contractors, agents (whether declared or not), sub-contractors, sub-consultants, service providers, or suppliers and any personnel thereof, to permit ADB to inspect all accounts, records and other documents relating to any prequalification process, bid submission, and contract performance (in the case of award), and to have them audited by auditors appointed by ADB.

Documents

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