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The Ministry of Finance has proposed expanding the scope of direct contracting to better meet the needs of implementing projects and tasks with specific characteristics, while accelerating progress in certain cases. The draft decree amending and supplementing provisions of Decree 214/2025/NĐ-CP, which guides the Procurement Law, outlines changes to eligibility, thresholds, and transparency requirements for direct contracting and other procurement methods.
Under the draft, expanding direct contracting is intended to address requirements for “peculiar” projects and tasks. Procurement packages implemented under resolutions, conclusions, or directives of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, top Party and State leaders, the Party Committee, or provincial People’s Councils may be considered for direct contracting.
The Ministry also proposes adding cases where packages under public investment projects require contractor selection to ensure project progress, quality, and effectiveness.
For science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, the draft modifies regulations related to construction, expansion, and upgrading of databases. It would broaden the range of covered packages, including goods procurement, consulting, and mixed packages.
Some planning-related provisions would also be adjusted to ensure consistency with sector-specific law.
The draft proposes raising direct contracting thresholds:
To increase transparency, the draft proposes that key steps in direct contracting—such as filing requests, submitting proposals, opening bids, and publicizing related documents—be conducted on an electronic system.
For suppliers of imported goods, the draft requires declarations of anticipated import prices and commitments to provide supporting documents after goods are brought into Vietnam.
The draft also proposes increasing the value threshold for procurement that agencies may decide themselves from no more than 50 million VND to no more than 100 million VND. The stated aim is to reduce procedures for frequent small-value purchases, saving time and costs in contractor selection.
In addition, the draft proposes raising thresholds for online short bidding to:
For packages valued up to 5 billion VND, the draft would remove requirements for expert or appraisal team members to hold bidding-specific professional certificates and to have three years of related management experience.
The Ministry proposes including more cases where ordering will apply to encourage private sector participation in key scientific research tasks, national important projects, defense and security industrial development, and other economic development tasks.
At the same time, the draft introduces additional provisions intended to improve transparency regarding product quality, subcontractor usage, and contract execution.
According to the drafter, the amendments aim to simplify administrative procedures, promote online public services, improve the efficiency of contractor selection, and ensure transparency in governance and the use of state resources.
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