VIETNAM CUSTOMS INFORMATION SYSTEM (VCIS)

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN VCIS DISCOVERY WORKSHOP

The General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) is in the process of strengthening governance in Customs administration and increasing the level of traders’ voluntary compliance by improving the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency and accountability of the GDVC.

A major component of the governance programme is the development, procurement and implementation of a Vietnam Customs Information System (VCIS). In order to provide GDVC with a better understanding of currently available commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Customs Information Systems (CIS), GDVC has scheduled a “VCIS Discovery Workshop” whereby existing CIS COTS solution providers (the “Vendors”) are invited to visit Hanoi to meet with GDVC officials in one-on-one (GDVC and a single Vendor) workshop sessions over a one to two day period to provide an overview of their solution and demonstrate their solution in the context of scenarios provided to them by GDVC. The Workshop is expected to take place from around 14 June 2010.

GDVC invites Expressions of Interest from the vendors to participate in the VCIS Discovery Workshop. Interested vendors may obtain further information of details of the Workshop together with the qualifying criteria and the required questionnaires from the following website:http://www.customs.gov.vn/English/Default.aspx or by contacting GDVC at the address below.  Expressions of Interest should be submitted to the address below by 4pm (Hanoi time), Tuesday 18 May, 2010.

Mr. Nguyen Nhat Kha

Deputy Director

Vietnam Customs Modernization Project

4^th Floor, VINARE, 141 Le Duan, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi.

Tel: 04.39428 736 Ext 123                Fax:      04.39428 735

Email: khann@customs.gov.vn; BanQLDA@customs.gov.vn 

Notes: It should be noted that (i) the VCIS Discovery Workshop is not part of the bidding process for VCIS; and (ii) participation in the VCIS Discovery Workshop is voluntary and is not a pre-condition for a Vendor participating in the later procurement of VCIS.