Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV) recently invited bids for Package 4.7, which involves the construction and equipment installation for the aircraft parking apron, passenger terminal, and other works for Component 3 of Phase 1 of the Long Thanh International Airport project.
With a bid price of over VND 6,300 billion, the project will be implemented through a single-stage two-envelope bidding process, and the contractor will be selected without going through a national bidding process.
 The construction of Long Thanh Airport is being expedited. |
Two consortia of leading construction companies participated in the bid. The first consortium comprised eight contractors, led by Deo Ca Group Joint Stock Company, including Deo Ca Construction Joint Stock Company, Deo Ca Transport Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company, Lizen Joint Stock Company, Thang Long Corporation – JSC, Hoang Long Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company, Hoa Hiep Limited Liability Company, and Son Hai Group Joint Stock Company (referred to as the Deo Ca Consortium).
The second consortium consisted of six contractors, with ACC Airport Construction Joint Stock Company as the lead member, along with Truong Son Construction Corporation, Vietnam Export and Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Vietnam Development Investment Joint Stock Company, Cienco 4 Group Joint Stock Company, and Aviation Construction Joint Stock Company Six Four Seven.
On August 13, 2024, ACV issued Notification No. 3351/TB-TCTCHK VN, announcing the list of bidders who met and failed to meet the technical requirements. The Deo Ca Consortium was disqualified due to non-compliance with the legal qualifications specified in the invitation to bid for Package 4.7.
Specifically, a member of the Deo Ca Consortium, Hoang Long Investment and Construction Joint-Stock Company, with the national bidding network number vn2800177056, had been temporarily suspended on the system from June 30, 2024, until the approval of the list of bidders.
In response, the Deo Ca Consortium submitted two documents to ACV, requesting to be reconsidered for the technical evaluation. However, ACV did not approve their request, asserting that the consortium had violated the law and, therefore, must be disqualified from the bidding process.
A portion of ACV’s response to the Deo Ca Consortium’s petition regarding Package 4.7.
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According to a bidding expert, the mistake made by the Deo Ca Consortium member can be considered a very careless oversight. Point a, Clause 11, Article 12 of Decree 24/2024/ND-CP stipulates that contractors must pay an annual fee of VND 330,000 to maintain their name and capacity profile on the national bidding network system.
It is likely that this consortium member forgot to pay the fee and was suspended from June 30, 2024, without their knowledge. This type of error has been commonly made by many contractors in the past. However, if the bidding had been conducted through the national bidding network, the mistake would have been easily detectable, as the contractor would have been unable to download the documents. They could have immediately rectified the situation by paying the fee and regaining their eligibility.
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