Circular No. 105/2025/TT-BTC amends and supplements certain provisions of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT dated March 6, 2024, issued by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, concerning training, professional knowledge enhancement, examination, issuance, and revocation of specialized bidding business certificates.

CIRCULAR

Amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT dated March 6, 2024 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on
training, enhancing knowledge, and examination, issuance, and revocation of specialized bidding business certificates
Pursuant to the Bidding Law No. 22/2023/QH15 (amended and supplemented by Law No. 57/2024/QH15, Law No. 90/2025/QH15);
Pursuant to Decree No. 214/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 4, 2025 of the Government detailing certain provisions and guiding the implementation of the Bidding Law regarding contractor selection;

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Pursuant to Decree No. 115/2024/NĐ-CP dated September 16, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding investor selection for investment projects using land (amended and supplemented by Decree No. 225/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 15, 2025 of the Government);

Pursuant to Decree No. 23/2024/NĐ-CP dated February 27, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding investor selection for projects required to be tendered under industry and sector management laws (amended and supplemented by Decree No. 115/2024/NĐ-CP dated September 16, 2024 and Decree No. 225/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 15, 2025 of the Government);

Pursuant to Decree No. 243/2025/NĐ-CP dated September 11, 2025 of the Government detailing certain provisions of the Public-Private Partnership Investment Law;

Pursuant to Decree No. 29/2025/NĐ-CP dated February 24, 2025 of the Government detailing the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Finance (amended and supplemented by Decree No. 166/2025/NĐ-CP dated June 30, 2025 of the Government);

At the proposal of the Director of the Bidding Management Department;

The Minister of Finance hereby promulgates this Circular amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT dated March 6, 2024 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on training, enhancing knowledge, and examination, issuance, and revocation of specialized bidding business certificates (hereinafter referred to as Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT).

Article 1. Amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT

1. Amending and supplementing Clause 1 of Article 3 as follows:

"1. Specialized bidding business certificate is an electronic certificate issued in the cases stipulated in Clause 2 of Article 7 of this Circular. The certificate format is specified in Appendix 2 attached hereto."

2. Amending and supplementing Article 7 as follows:

1. Specialized bidding business certificates shall be issued to individuals including:

"a) Individuals participating in the expert team or evaluation team for contractor selection as prescribed in Article 19 of the Bidding Law and Article 21 of Decree No. 214/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 4, 2025 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding contractor selection;"

a) Amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

"b) Individuals participating in the expert team or evaluation team for investor selection for business investment projects as prescribed in Clause 3 of Article 1 of Decree No. 23/2024/NĐ-CP dated February 27, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding investor selection for projects required to be tendered under industry and sector management laws, Clause 4 of Article 1 of Decree No. 115/2024/NĐ-CP dated September 16, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding investor selection for investment projects using land;"

"c) Individuals participating in the expert team or evaluation unit for investor selection for public-private partnership investment projects as prescribed in Article 32 and Clause 3, Clause 4 of Article 33 of Decree No. 243/2025/NĐ-CP dated September 11, 2024 of the Government detailing certain provisions of the Public-Private Partnership Investment Law."

"2. Issuance of specialized bidding business certificates:"

Individuals eligible for issuance of specialized bidding business certificates must meet the requirements set out in point a of this clause and fall into one of the following cases prescribed in points b, c, d, and e below:

b) Amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

a) Having full capacity for civil conduct, not currently being pursued for criminal responsibility, and not currently having their certificate revoked according to Clause 3 of Article 10 of this Circular;

b) Passing the specialized bidding business knowledge examination as prescribed in this Circular;

c) The specialized bidding business certificate already issued still has validity but needs to be updated due to changes in personal information;

d) The specialized bidding business certificate has expired according to Clause 1 of Article 8 of this Circular. In such cases, individuals wishing to obtain a new certificate must register for issuance at least 15 days before the expiration date of the current certificate. After this period, they will not be eligible for issuance and must take and pass the examination as prescribed in point b of this clause if they wish to obtain a new certificate;

e) The professional practice certificate for bidding activities already issued still has validity but has been lost or damaged."

3. Amending and supplementing Clause 1 of Article 8 as follows:

"1. Specialized bidding business certificates issued in accordance with point b and point d of Clause 2 of Article 7 of this Circular shall be valid for five years from the effective date of the decision issuing the certificate. In cases where the specialized bidding business certificate is issued according to point c and point e of Clause 2 of Article 7 of this Circular, the validity period shall be recorded according to the previous specialized bidding business certificate or professional practice certificate for bidding activities."

"The entity organizing the examination, issuance, and revocation of specialized bidding business certificates is a public service institution with training and enhancement functions under the management of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, provincial people's committees, or centrally governed municipalities."

5. Amending and supplementing Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 10 as follows:

4. Amending and supplementing Article 9 as follows:

"The unit organizing the examination, issuance, and revocation of specialized vocational certificates on procurement shall be a public service institution with the function of training and capacity building under the management of a ministry, agency at the ministerial level, or the People's Committee of a province or centrally governed city."

5. Amend and supplement Clause 1 and Clause 2 of Article 10 as follows:

"1. An individual who is a member of the bidding expert team or the evaluation team and whose professional qualification certificate on bidding has been revoked for violating the provisions of Article 16 of the Bidding Law shall be handled according to the provisions of Clause 9, Article 133 of Decree No. 214/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 4, 2025 of the Government, which details certain provisions and measures for implementing the Bidding Law regarding the selection of contractors, and such information shall be published on the national bidding system and extracted or linked to the database system."

"2. The information of an individual whose professional qualification certificate on bidding has been revoked shall be reflected in the status of 'certificate revoked' in the database on the System."

6. Amend and supplement some Points and Clauses of Article 14 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement point a, Clause 1 as follows:

“a) Is an entity specified in Article 9 of this Circular;"

b) Amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

"a) The entity specified in Article 9 of this Circular shall register to organize the bidding professional qualification examination according to the Guidance on Use;"

"b) The list of entities organizing the bidding professional qualification examination shall be automatically updated on the System after being granted an account to participate in the System."

c) Amend and supplement Point b Clause 3 as follows:

"b) A computer system with internet connection that ensures stability and is not interrupted during the examination process;"

7. Amend and supplement Article 15 as follows:

"1. The annual examination schedule (including examination date and time slot information) shall be opened on the System for the entity organizing the bidding professional qualification examination to select and create examination sessions according to the entity's needs (including key information: examination session, time slot, examination location (province, city), maximum number of examinees at each examination location, examination fee, deadline for registration, deadline for payment of examination fee)."

"2. The registration period for the examination on the System must ensure at least 20 days before the examination date. In cases where separate examinations are organized for agencies and enterprises as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2 of Article 17 of this Circular, the entity organizing the bidding professional qualification examination may adjust the registration period to ensure at least 10 days before the examination date."

8. Amend and supplement Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of Article 16 as follows:

"1. The planned examination date and examination fee shall be announced on the System at least 20 days before the planned examination date. For cases where separate examinations are organized for agencies and enterprises as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2 of Article 17 of this Circular, the planned examination date and examination fee shall be announced on the System at least 10 days before the planned examination date."

"2. At least seven days before the examination date, the list of qualified examinees and the examination call notice shall be published on the System, and the System shall automatically send an email notification of the examination call to the qualified examinees. For cases where separate examinations are organized for agencies and enterprises as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2 of Article 17 of this Circular, at least four days before the examination date, the list of qualified examinees and the examination call notice shall be published on the System, and the System shall automatically send an email notification of the examination call to the qualified examinees."

"3. At least three days before the examination date, the examination room allocation list (name and surname of examinees, registration number, examination location, examination room number) shall be published on the System. For cases where separate examinations are organized for agencies and enterprises as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2 of Article 17 of this Circular, at least two days before the examination date, the examination room allocation list (name and surname of examinees, registration number, examination location, examination room number) shall be published on the System."

9. Amend and supplement Article 17 as follows:

"1. For individuals registering for the examination and obtaining the bidding professional qualification certificate:"

"a) Individuals requiring the issuance of a bidding professional qualification certificate shall submit their examination registration dossier on the System to the examination organization entity listed publicly on the System as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular;"

"b) Individuals shall be included in the list of qualified examinees after successfully registering for the examination and paying the full examination fee as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 28 of this Circular;"

"c) Individuals shall submit the examination registration dossier and certificate issuance application for cases stipulated in Point b, Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular, and the certificate issuance application for cases stipulated in Points c, d, and đ, Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular through the National Public Service Portal and the dossier shall be digitized in web form on the System. Examinees are responsible for the accuracy of the information declared on the web form. Examinees can edit and update their dossier information on the System before the registration deadline. After the registration deadline, examinees may correct their information according to the Guidance on Use. If the corrected information of the examinee significantly changes the initial registrant's information, the correction will be deemed invalid and rejected."

"2. For agencies and enterprises registering for the examination and obtaining the bidding professional qualification certificate:"

"a) In cases where ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-affiliated agencies, central-level agencies, People's Committees at all levels, state-owned economic groups, state-owned corporations, and enterprises require centralized examinations for civil servants, public officials, and employees within their units with a minimum of 300 examinees per examination session, they shall submit a request letter along with a list to the examination organization entity listed publicly on the System as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular according to the Guidance on Use;"

"b) The examination registration dossier and certificate issuance application for each individual belonging to the agency or enterprise mentioned in Point a, Clause 2 of this Article shall be processed according to the provisions of Clause 1 of this Article."

10. Amend and supplement Clause 1 of Article 19 as follows:

"1. Upon completion of the examination time, examinees shall submit their answer sheets or the System shall automatically submit them when the examination time ends. The examinee's score achieved will be publicly displayed on the computer screen and simultaneously sent to the examinee's account on the System."

11. Amend and supplement Article 22 as follows:

"1. Issuance of the bidding professional qualification certificate for cases stipulated in Point b, Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular:

Within seven working days from the date of issuing the decision recognizing the examination results, the examination organizing unit shall issue a decision to grant the professional bidding qualification certificate.

The examination organizing unit shall publicly announce the decision to grant the certificate on the System within five working days from the date of issuance.

The electronic certificate shall be sent to the personal account registered on the System within a maximum period of fifteen working days from the date of issuing the decision to grant the professional bidding qualification certificate.

2. Issuing the professional bidding qualification certificate for cases specified in points c, d, and đ of Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular:

Individuals will receive the electronic certificate sent to their participating account on the System within a maximum period of seven working days from the date of issuing the decision to grant the professional bidding qualification certificate."

12. Amend and supplement Article 28 as follows:

"1. The fee for the examination of professional bidding qualifications for cases specified in point b of Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular shall not exceed VND 800,000 per candidate per examination session.

2. The fee for issuing the professional bidding qualification certificate for cases specified in points c, d, and đ of Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular shall be VND 100,000 per issuance.

3. No fee shall be charged for issuing the certificate due to information changes where the information on the professional bidding qualification certificate is incorrect or inconsistent with the information registered by the candidate on the System. In case an individual needs to adjust information compared to the information already registered and issued a certificate, the individual shall register for issuance of the professional bidding qualification certificate according to the provisions of point c of Clause 1, Article 17 of this Circular.

4. The fees prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article do not include value-added tax payable under the Value-Added Tax Law and guiding documents implementing this Law. If it is necessary to adjust the fees prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article to suit economic and social conditions and practical requirements for examination organization, the Department of Procurement Management shall submit to the Minister of Finance for consideration and decision."

13. Amend and supplement Clause 1 of Article 32 as follows:

"1. To build, manage, operate, maintain, and upgrade the System to ensure that the functions of the System stipulated in Clause 3, Article 3 of this Circular operate stably and safely.

Adjust the webform features and forms on the System to ensure compliance with legal regulations and plans of competent authorities regarding digital transformation, data connection, and ensuring convenience for state management of procurement and users. Information of organizations and individuals at declaration forms may be verified through digital signatures, data linkage, or other appropriate methods."

14. Repeal Article 34.

15. Amend and supplement the name and some clauses of Article 35 as follows:

a) Amend the name of Article 35 as follows: "Article 35. Responsibilities of the Examination Organizing Unit for Granting and Revoking Professional Bidding Qualification Certificates"

b) Supplement Clause 3a and 3b after Clause 3 as follows:

"3a. Issue professional bidding qualification certificates for cases specified in Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular.

3b. Bear legal responsibility for the entire process of registration, examination organization, certificate issuance, and revocation of professional bidding qualification certificates."

16. Amend and supplement some clauses of Article 37 as follows:

a) Amend and supplement Clause 1 as follows:

"1. Participation certificates in bidding courses, training certificates in bidding issued in accordance with the Public Procurement Law No. 61/2005/QH11 and Public Procurement Law No. 43/2013/QH13 before January 1, 2024 shall have the same validity as the professional bidding qualification certificates stipulated in this Circular and continue to be valid until December 31, 2026. From January 1, 2027, individuals who need to obtain professional bidding qualification certificates must participate in examinations in accordance with the provisions of this Circular.

b) Amend and supplement Clause 2 as follows:

"2. Professional practice certificates for bidding activities issued and reissued in accordance with Public Procurement Law No. 43/2013/QH13 and still valid as indicated on the certificates shall have the same validity as the professional bidding qualification certificates stipulated in this Circular and continue to be valid for the duration indicated on the certificates, except for cases specified in Clause 3 of this Article. After the expiration date indicated on the certificate, individuals wishing to renew shall follow the procedures for registering for certificate issuance as stipulated in point d of Clause 2, Article 7 and point c of Clause 1, Article 17 of this Circular and send to the Procurement Support Center to obtain the certificate in accordance with the regulations.

In cases where the professional practice certificate for bidding activities has been issued and is still valid but lost or damaged as specified in point đ of Clause 2, Article 7 of this Circular, individuals wishing to reissue shall follow the procedures for registering for certificate issuance as stipulated in point c of Clause 1, Article 17 of this Circular and send to the Procurement Support Center to obtain the certificate in accordance with the regulations."

c) Supplement Clause 5 after Clause 4 as follows:

"5. For examinations organized before November 15, 2025, the examination organization and certificate issuance shall be carried out in accordance with Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT dated March 6, 2024. Professional bidding qualification certificates issued by the Department of Procurement Management, after the expiration date indicated on the certificate, individuals wishing to renew shall follow the procedures for registering for certificate issuance as stipulated in point d of Clause 2, Article 7 and point c of Clause 1, Article 17 of this Circular and send to the Procurement Support Center to obtain the certificate in accordance with the regulations."

17. Replace and remove the following phrases:

a. Replace the following phrases:

a.1) Replace the phrase "first issuance, reissuance, extension issuance" with "issuance" in: Article 1; Clause 2, Article 3; Point b, d, Clause 3, Article 3; Point a, Clause 5, Article 3; Point b, Clause 3, Article 23;

a.2) Replace the phrase "https://chungchidauthau.mpi.gov.vn" with "https://chungchidauthau.mof.gov.vn" in Clause 3, Article 3;

a.3) Replace the phrase "greater than" with "from" in Point a, Clause 3, Article 20;

a.4) Replace the phrase "first issuance of certificate, reissuance of certificate, extension issuance of certificate" with "issuance of certificate" in Clause 2, Article 26;

a.5) Replace the phrase "procedure for extension issuance" with "issuance procedure" in Clause 3, Article 37;

a.6) Replace the phrase "Ministry of Planning and Investment" with "Ministry of Finance" in: Clause 9, Article 3; Clause 1, Article 11; Clause 3, Article 32; Clause 2, Article 39;

a.7) Replace the phrase "extension issuance" with "issuance" in Note (2) of Appendix 2;

a.8) Replace the phrase "date of decision issuance" with "date the decision takes effect" and replace the phrase "first issuance, extension issuance" with "issuance" in Note (3) of Appendix 2.

b) Remove the following phrases, forms, and points:

b.1) Remove the phrases "one or more", "inspection" in Clause 5, Article 3;

b.2) Remove the phrase "one or some" in Clause 6, Article 3;

b.3) Repeal Point c, Clause 3, and the phrase "information confidentiality" in Point a, Clause 4, Article 11;

b.4) Remove the phrases "first time", "reissuance, extension issuance" in Clause 1, Article 23;

b.5) Repeal Clause 1 and Clause 4, Article 31;

b.6) Remove the phrase "for" on the inside of the professional qualification certificate form regarding bidding in Appendix 2;

b.7) Repeal Forms 01, 03, 04, 05, and Form 06 in Appendix 3;

b.8) Repeal Clause 3 of Form 02 in Appendix 3.

Article 2. Implementation clause

1. This Circular shall take effect from October 31, 2025, except as provided in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. The provisions at Clause 1, Article 15 of Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BKHĐT (amended and supplemented at Clause 7, Article 1 of this Circular) shall take effect from January 1, 2026.

3. The Director of the Bidding Management Department, Heads of units under the Ministry of Finance, and relevant agencies and organizations are responsible for implementing this Circular./.