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Procurement Reform Program

Lao PDR.

Mr. Thone PHONEPHACHANH

Director of Procurement Monitoring

Office (PrMO), Ministry of Finance

Hanoi, Vietnam,November 30-

December 01, 2010


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Key challenges identified

Not sufficient qualified staffs in the

procurement function.

Lack of competitiveness of domestic Bidders

and the Qualification of domestic Bidders is

not meet with minimum qualification

requirement in the Bidding Document;


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Key challenges identified (Cont.)

No functional system in the place to allow the

Government to monitor and enforce

implementation of the legal framework for

Public Procurement;

Procurement Entities has lack of knowledge to

apply and not paid much attention on

Procurement Regulations. the Procuring Entityprefers to used Direct Contracting Method.


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E-procurement status

Not Yes apply, only Public Procurement

Website has been established since

September 2009 in purpose to enable

publication of Procurement information

(www.pp.gov.la).


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Currently Legal and Regulations on

Public Procurement No Law, Decree No. 03/PM of the Prime

Minister on Government Procurement of

Goods, Construction, Maintenance andServices, dated January 9, 2004;

Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRRs) on

Decree, No. 0063/MOF, date March 12, 2004and Amended of IRRs No. 0861/MOF, May 5,

2009;


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Public Procurement (Cont.)

A Procurement Manual, issued by MOF in July

2009;

A series of Standard Bidding Documents (SBD)for Procurement of Goods and Work through

Public Bidding and for Quotation, issued by

MOF in July 2009 A Standard Bid Evaluation Report Format,

issued by MOF in July 2009;


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Public Procurement (Cont.)

SBD for Request For Proposal for the Selection

of Consultant, issued by MOF on September

2009;

Template Format form to provide Proc. Report

by the Procuring Entities for monitoring and

publishing in the Public Procurement Website.


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Training and workshop

Short training Course was conducted byPrMO;

The initial training for all government

procuring Entities in Country wide has beenprovided and completed on October 30, 2010

in their mandatory for all government entities

to use these Documents for Public

Procurement but a sustained and expanded

program is required to raise skill levels of

existing procurement Officers.


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Medium term to improved

1. Professionalism and Training initiative;

2. Empowering the procurement oversight

function to be able it to enforce

implementation and monitoring of

procurement carried out by the Procurement

entities.


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1.Professionalism & Training initiatives

Developing on institutionalized procurementcapacity building program (Under process of

advertisement to hired an International Consulting

Firm/Training Institution, Funding by World Bank).

The Main objective is to facilitate effective

implementation of legal framework for Public

Procurement by strengthening procurement capacity

of government staff and also private sector throughthe establishment of an in country institutionalized

procurement capacity Building Program.


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1. Professionalism & Training

initiatives (Cont.)

Including provision of Regular Training;

Putting in place a procurement accreditations

system;

Incorporating procurement in the curricula of

higher educational Institutions to develop a

cadre of procurement Professionals.


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Thank You