Prohibit the act of arranging and collusion in bidding for traffic projects.

On April 17th, the Ministry of Transport issued a document requesting departments, divisions, institutes, project management boards, corporations, and local Departments of Transport to implement solutions to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of bidding processes, ensuring they are rigorous, transparent, and compliant with regulations.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport requires agencies, units, investors/project management boards to study, disseminate, and train on legal regulations on bidding; to thoroughly and comprehensively understand and implement effective solutions to prevent, deter, and eliminate opportunities and conditions for negative practices and corruption in bidding activities.

In the near future, the Ministry of Transport will hold a tender for a series of rest stops along the North-South expressway.

The Ministry of Transport reminds investors/project management boards to strictly implement the Ministry's directives on contractor selection; strictly prohibiting acts of collusion, bid rigging, splitting contracts into smaller packages for direct awarding, setting unreasonable or inappropriate conditions in tender documents/request for proposals, and especially acts that hinder or restrict the participation of contractors.

Furthermore, project owners/project management boards need to select personnel with the necessary qualifications, capabilities, ethical qualities, and eligibility to participate in the bidding expert team; the bidding documents/request for proposals must ensure that the evaluation and bidding criteria comply with the law, the nature, characteristics, and actual conditions of the bidding package. The evaluation of bids/proposals must be honest, objective, fair, and transparent; the selected contractors/investors must meet the requirements regarding capacity, experience, financial resources/financial plan for project/package implementation, and achieve the required quality and progress of the project.

“The relevant units must promptly and thoroughly address any requests or feedback from contractors/investors (if any) in accordance with regulations; ensure the legitimate rights and interests of contractors/investors, preventing prolonged disputes; strictly and promptly implement periodic and ad hoc bidding reports as required; and bear full responsibility before the law and the Minister of Transport for the results of the bidding process,” Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Duy Lam emphasized.

The Ministry of Transport also instructed relevant agencies and units, according to their assigned functions, duties, authority, and responsibilities, to strengthen inspections of programs/projects under the ministry's management; resolutely handle violations (if any) within their authority or promptly report and propose to the ministry for handling in accordance with regulations.

Construction of transportation projects and infrastructure.

In recent times, the Ministry of Transport has strengthened decentralization and delegation of investor responsibilities to agencies and units to create proactiveness, enhance responsibility, effectiveness, and efficiency in bidding; and issued documents requiring investors/Project Management Boards to organize the implementation and selection of contractors strictly, openly, transparently, and in compliance with regulations. Since 2022, under the direction of the Ministry, relevant units have implemented bidding on the national bidding network system for all construction, consulting, and consulting fee packages using domestic capital under the Ministry's management.

“The project owners/project management boards have implemented the project in compliance with the law on bidding and related laws, with no complex complaints or appeals arising; the contractors/investors selected to implement the project/package have basically met the quality and progress requirements, contributing to promoting the disbursement of investment capital and ensuring the investment efficiency of the project,” Deputy Minister Nguyen Duy Lam affirmed.

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