Circular No. 01/2023/TT-BGTVT dated March 7th, 2023 of the Minister of Transport on guidelines for production, approval, and announcement of list of projects; methods and criteria of bid and proposal evaluation in bidding for investors of road traffic service works

The Circular provides guidelines for production, approval, and announcement of list of projects; methods and criteria of bid and proposal evaluation in bidding for investors of road traffic service works of projects managed by the Ministry of Transport.

According to Article 4 of this Circular, international competitive bidding shall be carried out if the road traffic service works fully satisfy the requirements in Article 15 of the Law on Procurement.

National competitive bidding for road traffic service works shall be carried out when:

- Projects under lines of business are not granted market access for foreign investors in accordance with investment laws.

- Projects have at least 2 investors satisfying initial requirements for capacity and experience and there are no foreign investors applying for project execution or satisfying initial requirements for capacity and experience in accordance with Point a Clause 1 Article 10 hereof;

- Projects demand national security and defense assurance as decided by the Prime Minister in accordance with request of the competent authority and consent of Ministry of National Defense with regard to national defense requirements or consent of the Ministry of Public Security with regard to security requirements.

This Circular takes effect from May 1st, 2023.