Friday, 16/09/2016 10:02 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) expanded its partnership with Vietnam under the Agency’s Global Procurement Initiative.
Mr. Nguyen Dang Truong, PPA Director General, and Ms. Andrea Lupo, USTDA’s Director for Global Programs at the event. (Photo: baodautu.vn)
A grant agreement to cooperate on a feasibility study (valued at USD446,742) that will develop a database to track contractor past performance was inked in Hanoi on September 15th by USTDA and the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) under the Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The database represents a component of Vietnam’s e-Government Procurement (e-GP) project, which aims to modernize the country’s procurement processes.
The feasibility study will develop plans for a database to track and monitor the performance of the contractors who provide goods and services to the Government of Vietnam. Once operational, public tenders in Vietnam can be awarded transparently to contractors with high performance ratings, ensuring greater quality for the Vietnamese Government.
“This feasibility study will support Vietnam’s 2016 - 2025 master plan and roadmap for its e-GP project that was approved by the Prime Minister. The database will help improve the transparency, ensure the accuracy of past performance reviews, and reduce the workload, as data entries will be shared among Ministries”, shared Mr. Nguyen Dang Truong, PPA Director General.
The opportunity to conduct this USTDA-sponsored feasibility study will be competed through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO).
A link to the FBO announcement will be posted to USTDA’s website at www.ustda.gov./.
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