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Transforming Financial Services in Bangladesh (Technical Assistance)

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BuyerForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Statusplanned
Deadline13 Feb 2026
Value£7,500,000
Published23 Oct 2025

What is being bought

FCDO are planning to procure a Technical Assistance contract for a five-year financial sector development programme in Bangladesh. The contract would require the supplier to provide expertise to the central bank, government and other related regulatory authorities. The contract will pursue outcomes in the following areas: - Organisational transformation of the central bank - Financial infrastructure development, including for financial inclusion (e.g. payment systems, regulatory technology, credit information, open banking etc) - New and reformed regulatory and legal frameworks and institutions for financial services (e.g. bankruptcy code) - Financial ecosystem development (e.g. accredited professionals, standards) The route to market for this procurement opportunity is now finalised and will be through FCDO’s existing Global Development Delivery (GDD) Framework, Lot No.4, which will be governed under PCR 2015 regulations. The communication channel against pqq_1945 (https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/go/313053680199E13227C4) will be closed w.e.f. 28/11/2025. All future engagement with the Framework Suppliers until publication of ITT for this Tender will be through the existing Lot No.4 communication channel, which is available only to the existing Lot 4 suppliers.

Delivery location

BD, BD

Categories

Foreign economic-aid-related services 75211200

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Value£7,500,000
Contract periodFrom 20 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Foreign economic-aid-related servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Foreign economic-aid-related services (75211200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 752,7223 median · 35.4 average (950 of 2,722 with a bid count)3.3 average (1,149 of 2,722 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer29Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: BD113 median · 3 average (3 of 11 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 11 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)177Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059367
Latest release ID067792-2025
Latest release timestampThu Oct 23 2025 11:46:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-13T17:00:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-03T17:00:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-04-01T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
23 Oct 2025planningUpdate067792-2025
3 Sept 2025planning053634-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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