Chapter II
PRINCIPLES OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FROM SERVICE CHARGES, AMOUNTS OF SERVICE CHARGES, COLLECTION, AND PAYMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES
Article 4. Principles of receipts and payments from service charges
1. Vietnam National E-Procurement Center, the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal, e-GP Project Enterprise shall collect, manage, and use the service charges in accordance with this Circular and the BOT contract of e-GP project to render services on the System and the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal.
2. The receipts from service charges shall be used to perform the following tasks:
a) Manage, maintain, operate, and develop the System;
b) Post information on procurement, selection of preferred investors on the System, the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal;
b) Select preferred bidders and investors on the System;
c) Other obligatory current expenditures and investment expenditures related to the management, maintenance, operation, and development of the System of Vietnam National E-Procurement Center and the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal.
3. The receipts from service charges on the System and the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal are used to serve the operation of the Vietnam National E-Procurement Center and the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal under the financial autonomy mechanism for a public sector entity.
4. Do not use state budget sources to perform the tasks specified in Clause 2 of this Article. The difference between receipts and payments shall be included in the funds in accordance with applicable law and only used for the tasks specified in Clause 2 of this Article.
Article 5. Service charge amounts
1. Service charges for selection of preferred bidders and investors on the System include:
a) System registration charge (a lump-sum payment upon registration only) is VND 550,000 (VAT included);
b) Maintenance charge for names and qualification documents of bidders and investors on the System is VND 550,000 per year (VAT included). The bidders and investors will pay this charge from the second year onwards after the year of registration to the System;
c) Charge for submission of a bid is VND 330,000 VND for one (1) contract package (VAT included); charge for submission of a proposal is VND 220,000 for one (1) contract package (VAT included);
d) Charge for the successful bidder is 0.022 per cent of the successful bid but not exceeding VND 2,200,000 (VAT included). For a contract package split into several parts or separate lots, the cost of the successful bidder shall be calculated according to the winning value of each separate part or lot;
dd) Charge for using e-Contract is 0.022 per cent of the successful bid but not exceeding VND 2,200,000 (VAT included).
2. Charge for posting procurement information on the System, the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal:
a) Charge for posting an invitation for bids, invitation for expression of interest, invitation for pre-qualification applications is VND 330,000 for one (1) contract package or one (1) project in one (1) language (VAT included);
b) Charge for posting a notice of proposed procurement, shortlist is VND 165,000 for one (1) contract package in one (1) language (VAT included);
Article 6. Collection and payment of service charges
1. Collection of service charges:
a) Vietnam National E-Procurement Center shall collect service charges mentioned in points a, b clause 1 Article 5 hereof. The account used for collection of these service charges is an account in Vietnamese dong of Vietnam National E-Procurement Center opened at a commercial bank;
b) The Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal shall collect the service charges mentioned in clause 2 Article 5 hereof. The account used for collection of these service charges is an account in Vietnamese dong of the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal opened at a commercial bank.
The receipts from charges for posting procurement information shall be partially transferred by the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal to Vietnam National E-Procurement Center under the Decision of Minister of Planning and Investment to manage, supervise the upgrade, operation, and development of the System, ensure the continuous and stable operation in posting procurement information on the System, the rest shall be used to perform the function of posting procurement information on the System and the Vietnam Public Procurement Review Journal;
c) The e-GP Project Enterprise shall, based on the BOT contract of e-GP project, collect service charges specified at Points c, d, and dd, Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular. The starting time of collection is specified in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 11 of this Circular. The account used for collection of these service charges is an account in Vietnamese dong of the e-GP Project Enterprise opened at a commercial bank.
2. Payments of service charges:
a) The procuring entity shall pay a charge for posting procurement information as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 5 of this Circular within 14 days from the date on which the information is duly posted by the procuring entity on the System;
b) The bidders shall pay service charges as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular as follows:
- As for registration charge, the maximum payment time is 14 days from the date of approval for registration on the System;
- As for maintenance charge for names and qualification documents of bidders on the System, the deadline for payment is before April 1 of each year (except for the year of registration on the System); the bidder does not have to pay the maintenance charge for name and qualification documents on the System for a year in which the bidder’s account status is officially announced to be suspended for the whole year (from January 1 to the end of December 31 of that year);
In case the bidder pays maintenance charges for names and qualification documents on the System for many years (up to 5 years), the amount will be deducted accordingly each year; during that time, if the bidder registers to suspend the account on the System for the whole year (from January 1 to the end of December 31 of the year of registration), the remaining prepaid amount will be reserved and automatically deducted from the charges of the following years after the bidder registers to re-activate the account on the System;
- As for the charge for submission of a bid or proposal, the maximum payment time limit is 14 days from the date of bid opening;
- As for the charge for successful bidder, the maximum payment time limit is 14 days from the date of signing the contract;
- As for the charge for using e-Contract, the maximum payment time is 14 days from the date the e-Contract is digitally signed by the parties on the System. In case the bidder does not choose to use the e-Contract service, this charge is not levied.
c) The investors shall pay the service charges as prescribed in points a, b Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular as follows:
- As for registration charge, the maximum payment time is 14 days from the date of approval for registration on the System;
- As for maintenance charge for names and qualification documents of investors on the System, the deadline for submission is before April 1 of each year (except for the year of registration on the System); the investor does not have to pay the maintenance charge for name and qualification documents on the System for a year in which the investor’s account status is officially announced to be suspended for the whole year (from January 1 to the end of December 31 of that year);
In case the investor pays maintenance charges for names and qualification documents of bidders and investors on the System for many years (up to 5 years), the amount will be deducted accordingly each year; during that time, if the investor registers to suspend the account on the System for the whole year (from January 1 to the end of December 31 of the year of registration), the remaining prepaid amount will be reserved and automatically deducted from the charges of the following years after the investor registers to re-activate the account on the System.
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