USTDA Advances Global Procurement Initiative Partnership in Vietnam
September 15, 2016
(USTDA)
Supports feasibility study for e-government procurement project
HANOI, Vietnam – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency expanded its
partnership with Vietnam under the Agency’s Global Procurement Initiative (GPI).
USTDA and the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) under the Ministry of Planning and
Investment of Vietnam signed a grant agreement to cooperate on a feasibility
study that will develop a database to track contractor past performance. The
database represents a component of Vietnam’s e-government procurement (e-GP)
project, which aims to modernize the country’s procurement processes.
The USTDA-sponsored 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 the new database is in place, public tenders in
Vietnam can be awarded transparently to contractors with high performance
ratings, ensuring greater quality for the Government of Vietnam.
“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,” said Mr.
Nguyen Dang Truong, PPA Director General, who signed the agreement alongside Ms.
Andrea Lupo, USTDA’s Director for Global Programs. “The database will help
improve transparency, ensure the accuracy of past performance reviews, and
reduce workload, as data entries will be shared among government ministries.”
“USTDA has been pleased to sponsor training workshops and a study tour for PPA
officials under our GPI partnership with Vietnam,” said Ms. Lupo. “I am thrilled
to be expanding that partnership through this feasibility study, which will
ultimately improve the quality of public procurements.”
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. Interested U.S. firms should
submit proposals according to the instructions in the FBO announcement.
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