Mr. Dung asked, according to the 2025 Bidding Law, what is the limit for designating bids for repair and maintenance packages that his company is allowed to designate (500 million VND or 800 million VND)?

Regarding this issue, the Ministry of Finance has the following comments:

According to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 78 of Decree No. 214/2025/ND-CP dated August 4, 2025 of the Government (effective from August 4, 2025), the bidding package under the procurement estimate that does not form a project has a package price not exceeding VND 500 million; the bidding package for consulting services under the project has a package price not exceeding VND 800 million, the bidding package for non-consulting services, goods, construction and installation, and mixed services under the project has a package price not exceeding VND 2 billion in the case of applying the form of designated bidding.

Based on the above provisions, in the case of a bidding package for regular repair and maintenance of irrigation works under the procurement estimate that does not form a project and has a package price not exceeding VND 500 million, the investor shall consider and decide to apply the form of designated bidding.