On December 30, 2016, the Ministry of Construction issued the Circular No. 30/2016/TT-BXD on guiding the engineering, procurement and construction contracts (EPC contract).
In accordance with the regulations in this Circular, an EPC contract applies solely to construction projects and contract packages of which execution time is required to be shortened; or those with high requirements for engineering, technology and the uniformity from the engineering design, procurement, construction phases to the training in commissioning and project transfer phases.
Also in accordance with this Circular, an EPC contractor must meet requirements pertaining to experience, financial situation, practice and operation qualifications within the entire scope of work to be performed of the EPC contract, including: engineering design, procurement, provision of training services, commissioning, technology transfers, and construction in accordance with legislation on construction investment and requirements of Bidding Documents. The EPC contractor may not subcontract more than 60% of the work quantity within the EPC contract.
This Circular takes effect on February 20, 2017.
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