US advances global procurement initiative partnership in VietnamVietNamNet Bridge - The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam today signed a grant agreement to cooperate on a feasibility study that will develop a database to track contractor past performance. The database represents a component of Vietnam’s e-government procurement (e-GP) project, which aims to modernize the country’s procurement processes. “USTDA has been pleased to sponsor training workshops and a study tour for PPA officials under our GPI partnership with Vietnam,” said Ms. Lupo. “I am thrilled to be expanding that partnership through this feasibility study, which will ultimately improve the quality of public procurements,” she added. The opportunity to conduct this USTDA-sponsored feasibility study will be competed through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO).

Source: VietNamNet News September 15, 2016 11:26 UTC