Planning

UK Economic Development Portfolio in Pakistan: Federal Reforms for Growth; Provincial Reforms for Growth (PRG)

FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

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Planning

17 Sep 2025 at 14:59

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The UK Economic Development Portfolio in Pakistan, focused on Federal Reforms for Growth and Provincial Reforms for Growth, is currently in the planning stage. Managed by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, this public procurement aims to enhance economic ties between the UK and Pakistan. This initiative seeks to drive business growth and improve the fiscal policies and private sector environment across several provinces, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh. An engagement end date is set for 6th October 2025. This tender is classified under the foreign economic aid-related services category and targets a variety of geographic locations, including the British Oversea Territories, Channel Islands, Europe, the Isle of Man, the United Kingdom, and the rest of the world.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses, especially those that provide agile technical assistance and have expertise in economic reforms, fiscal policy, and investment partnerships. With a budget of up to £35 million for federal and provincial reforms each and an additional £90 million for jobs and economic transformation, this tender is particularly advantageous for medium to large firms and organisations skilled in delivering technical assistance and grants. Both SMEs and VCSEs are deemed suitable, enabling diverse business players to partake and potentially grow their influence and operations in an emerging market like Pakistan.

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Notice Title

UK Economic Development Portfolio in Pakistan: Federal Reforms for Growth; Provincial Reforms for Growth (PRG)

Notice Description

One of the UK's key goals in Pakistan is that the UK benefits from an enhanced trade and investment partnership with Pakistan, driven by business deals and partnerships, a better and more stable business environment, and an improved growth trajectory which makes Pakistan a significant market of the future. To support this goal, and to meet the UK's ambitions to tackle poverty in Pakistan through Official Development Assistance, the British High Commission in Islamabad is planning FCDO's future ODA portfolio on economy and trade in Pakistan. Subject to Ministerial approvals and internal quality assurance processes, our intention is that this portfolio will comprise the following three programmes: a. Federal Reforms for Growth ('FRG') - a five-to-seven-year successor programme to the Revenue Mobilisation, Investment and Trade programme. This will provide agile technical assistance to federal government ministries, regulatory bodies and autonomous bodies. FRG will drive reforms to promote growth through improved fiscal policies (taxation, expenditure, wider PFM) and private sector environment reforms (sectoral approaches and cross-cutting trade and investment policies). The approximate maximum budget for the contract will be PS35 million. b. Provincial Reforms for Growth ('PRG') - a five-to-seven-year successor programme to the Sub-National Governance II and Sustainable Energy and Economic Development programmes. This will provide agile technical assistance to the provincial government departments, regulatory bodies and autonomous bodies, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces. PRG will drive reforms to promote growth through improved fiscal policies (taxation, expenditure, wider PFM) and private sector environment reforms (sectoral approaches and cross-cutting trade and investment policies). The approximate maximum budget for the contract will be PS35 million. c. Jobs and Economic Transformation for Pakistan ('JETPAK') - a seven-year private sector development programme in Pakistan. JETPAK will aim to drive economic transformation in Pakistan by using a market systems approach to increase productivity, investment and value add exports in 3-4 high growth sectors. The contract would require the supplier to provide expertise to secondary market providers (banks, skills providers, industry associations etc), and direct TA and grants to medium- large firms. The programme will be mainly RDEL with a CDEL component. The approximate maximum budget for the contract will be PS90 million.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e6f5dbb-3af2-4b54-9798-dba4a1ecfd7b
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

CPV Codes

75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
6 Oct 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2AH
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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