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October 29, 2014
Dr. Ha Van Thuy
Director of CPMU
Ministry of Health
Hanoi, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Dear Dr. Thuy,
Vietnam: Central North Regional Health Support Project (CNRHSP) Cr.4688-VN
NCB package for Goods in Nghe An NCB-11: Supply and Installation of IT equipment for 6 hospital in Nghe An province
Bid Evaluation Report - Objection
We acknowledge receipt on 27 October 2014 of your submission for our review of the final Bid Evaluation Report (BER) together with all supporting documents as required in the Bank’s letter dated October 21, 2014 for the above-referenced NCB package.
We have reviewed all of documents submitted and based on the information provided, we regret that we are unable to agree with your proposed evaluation result as presented in the current BER together with your current recommendation for contract award, because of the following reasons:
1. Incorrect technical evaluation of bid from JV of Savis and Nam Phong (Savis-Nam Phong: We noted that Nghe An PPMU has hired a consulting firm to conduct the evaluation of bids and compiled the BER. According to the BER, the bid of Savis-Nam Phong was assessed as technically non-responsive due to the fact that it had contained two major technical deviations: (i) one related to microprocessor of item Server, and (ii) another related to license for software in item III. We have scrutinized our review of the copy of bid from this bidder in close consultation with the Bank’s technical experts, and we could not agree with your determination of the two material deviations as being presented in the BER given the following:
a. Server DELL R720: According to the bidder’s bid, the offered model of Server DELL R720 is equipped with microprocessor Intel 2x Xeon 10C E5-2660v2 series. We found this series of Intel microprocessor fully meeting all requirements stipulated in the issued bidding document, based on the information publically available on official websites of DELL and Intel at the attached links: http://ark.intel.com/vi/products/75272/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2660-v2-25M-Cache-2_20-GHz and
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/poweredge-r720/pd
The supporting evidence provided in your clarification letter dated 25 September 2014 seemed to be related to the different series of Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, which is not the one being offered in the bid (http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/dell-poweredge-r720-spec-sheet.pdf).
Dr. Ha Van Thuy March 19, 2014
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Moreover, we couldn’t find any evidence of your writing communication with the
bidder for clarification to this matter, as it might have been required.
Therefore, we did not find your justifications valid for your proposed
determination of this major deviation.
b. Software for items III and IV: According to the bidder’s bid, they did offer software
Btech, which are integrated and accompanied with the central controlling unit
BQ910 Btech of the Btech systems, which is also publically available in the wellknown
manufacturer’s website: http://btech.com.vn/bqfeatures.htm
According to the bidder’s clarifications, they have confirmed that the software has
the copyright on the name of the manufacturer, not on the name of the supplier, so
if the bidder can demonstrate that it has been authorized by the manufacturer for
distribution and supply of the equipment including the control software, it will be
deemed sufficient for meeting the requirement. We however have not seen this
point in the writing clarification between the bidder and the evaluation team.
Moreover, this deviation with such kind of uncertainty would have been considered
as minor deviation and subject to demo installation during the contract finalization,
if the contract is awarded to this bidder. For such kind of deviation, a commonly
accepted principle of priced deviation may apply, rather than determining it as
material one. Therefore, we are of the view that this kind of deviation alone would
not constitute sufficient ground to reject this bid as substantially nonresponsive.
2. Only one technically responsive bid remains valid after twice extension of bid validity: It
is the fact that now only one bid remains valid, which is the one being recommended for
the contract award, as three other bidders have decided not to extend their bid validity for
the first and the second extension. It is obvious that the bidders have lost their interest in
the prolonging bidding process with delayed evaluation. We are concerned with the
recommended contract award, as it is supposed to award the contract to the bidder among
the group of bidders offered highest prices, while the bidder offered the lowest price was
incorrectly evaluated and rejected for undue reasons. If the technical evaluation was done
properly, the price difference between the lowest evaluated price and the proposed award
value would reach about 26%, which may compromise economy and efficiency of the
current bidding process.
Given the current situation, where we are unable to accept your current recommendation for
contract award based on incorrect technical evaluation of bids, we would request Nghe An PPMU to
seriously revisit and reconsider all aspects of this bidding process, then make your informed decision
to the Bank on how you wish to further proceed with this NCB package. We look forward to
receiving your recommendation for this case as soon as available for our review.
Sincerely,
Dao Lan Huong
Task Team Leader
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