--- title: "UK Economic Development Portfolio in Pakistan: Federal Reforms for Growth; Provincial Reforms for Growth (PRG)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE" published: "2025-09-17" --- # UK Economic Development Portfolio in Pakistan: Federal Reforms for Growth; Provincial Reforms for Growth (PRG) Buyer: FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d046e0f4-adcf-40ac-b6d1-f9413f678591.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e6f5dbb-3af2-4b54-9798-dba4a1ecfd7b | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Sep 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 6 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FOREIGN COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1A 2AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75211200 - Foreign economic-aid-related services ## Release History - 17 Sep 2025 at 14:59 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e6f5dbb-3af2-4b54-9798-dba4a1ecfd7b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e6f5dbb-3af2-4b54-9798-dba4a1ecfd7b 17th September 2025 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://forms.office.com/e/GdU8dLsmJ7 Registration Link for EME event ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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