Non-Consulting Services for Basic Design Geological Survey Tender, Viet Nam - 29314431

Procurement Summary

Country : Viet Nam

Summary : Non-Consulting Services for Basic Design Geological Survey

Deadline : 13 Dec 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 29314431

Document Ref. No. : PMU-GS-BD

Competition : ICB

Financier : Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : VIET NAM ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi Tel: (+84)(24) 3756.4333 Fax: (+84)(4) 3836.3122
Viet Nam
URL :http://www.vast.ac.vn/en/

Tender Details

Procurement Plan for Non-Consulting Services for Basic Design Geological Survey.

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.

Documents

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