Improvement of Cho Lach canal (dredging, embankment, drainage sewers and local roads), Rach Ky Hon canal, Rach La canal — Southern Waterway Corridors and Logistics Development Project

MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT OF MARITIME AND WATERWAY (PMU-MW) REQUEST FOR BIDS Works (Two-envelope Bidding Process Without Prequalification) Employer: Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway, Ministry of Construction Project: Southern Waterway Corridors and Logistics Development Project (SWCLD) Contract title: Package A1 - Improvement of Cho Lach canal (dredging, embankment, drainage sewers and local roads), Rach Ky Hon canal, Rach La canal, Country: Vietnam Loan No. /Credit No.: IDA/7577 RFB No: Package A1 Issued on: September 28, 2026 1 - The Vietnam government has applied for financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Southern Waterway Corridors and Logistics Development Project (SWCLD) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under Package A1 for Improvement of Cho Lach canal (dredging, embankment, drainage sewers and local roads), Rach Ky Hon canal, Rach La canal . 2 - The Ministry of Construction through its Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Package A1 - Improvement of Cho Lach canal, Rach Ky Hon canal, Rach La canal consisting of extensive dredging, construction of embankment and protection works including associated structures, local roads, sewers along the canal in Vinh Long province, Tay Ninh province, Dong Thap province, Vietnam for a period of 24 months. 3 - Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers- Procurement in Investment Projects Financing” 5th edition September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. 4 - Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 50% and for Financial Bid: 50%. 5 - Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway and inspect the Bidding document during office hours 09:00 to 17:00 hours (from Monday to Friday, except Saturdays, Sundays, and National holidays) at the address given below. 6 - The Bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of [ VND 2,000,000 (equivalent USD 75.00) ]. [i] . The method of payment will be cash or transfer to account of PMU-MW: Name of account: Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway (PMU-MW) Name of bank: Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade – Do Thanh Branch (VietinBank); Number of account: 688603686868 Address: No. 10, Ngo Quyen Street, Ha Dong Ward, Hanoi city, Vietnam; SWIFT Code: ICBVVNVX322 Bank code: (CITAD): 01201015 The document will be sent by submission of a written application to the PMU address below. [ii] Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 10:00 AM, November 23, 2026 (local time). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 10:00 AM, November 23, 2026 (local time) at Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway (PMU-MW), No. 308E Minh Khai street, Tuong Mai ward, Hanoi, Viet Nam. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening. 7 - All Bids must be accompanied by a: Bid Security of VND 26,500,000,000 or US$ 1,000,000 ; 8 - Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. 9 - The address referred to above is: Project Management Unit of Maritime and Waterway (PMU-MW) Attn: Mr. Do Quang Minh, Director For contact information regarding the purchase of the bidding documents: Mr. Nguyen Vo Thuong - Chief of General and Planning Department. Address: 308E Minh Khai street, Tuong Mai ward, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Tel: +84 (024) 3974.7633. E-mail: ban.qldahhdt@gmail.com [i] This fee is the cost of bidding document itself. Any bidders (international or national) who wish to receive hardcopy of the documents via post will pay postal service additionally [ii] A full soft copy of the Bidding Document (including all text and drawings) will be downloadable by bidders via emails or online sharing upon PMU-MW’s receipt of fee for bidding document. There shall be no difference for obtaining softcopy and hardcopy of Bidding Document for preparation and submission of bids