Vietnamese Company to Conduct the Study on the Administrative Procedures Compliance Cost Index annually from 2019 to 2022

USAID Linkages for Small & Medium Enterprises (USAID LinkSME)

Request for Proposal (RFP) No. LINKSME-RFP-001-2020

Conduct the Study on the Administrative Procedures Compliance Cost Index annually from 2019 to 2022

Issue date: 04 March 2020

Closing date: 24 March 2020

USAID LinkSME is a 5-year project implemented by International Executive Service Corps (IESC) starting from September 2018 to September 2023. USAID LinkSME project aims to strengthen the capabilities of the intermediary organizations in Vietnam, such as business associations, export development centers, and SME promotion agencies, in order to facilitate the supplier-buyer relationships between Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and lead firms located in Vietnam and expand Vietnamese SMEs’ capacity to participate in manufacturing supply chains. USAID LinkSME Project was official approved by Minister of the Office of the Government pursuant to Decision No. 817/QD-VPCP dated 23 September 2019.

USAID LinkSME is seeking a qualified Vietnamese company to develop and conduct surveys to measure the efficiency of reform implementation of Ministries, Provinces; and recommendations/suggestions for reform towards groups of regulations, administrative procedures, or the implementation issues that create obstacles and barriers to businesses and country economic development proposed, including regulations, procedures related to SME participation into value chains.

Please refer to the following links for more details for RFP and APCI report, 2018

RFP: https://iesc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IESC-LINKSME-RFP-001-2020-_APCI-02_Mar_2020.pdf

APCI report, 2018:

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