South Asia

BASIS demands priority to local IT firms for public procurement

Software developers and ICT service providers have urged the government to prioritise local companies in the public procurement policy so as to promote the IT sector, create employment opportunities and produce skilled human resources in the country. They also proposed providing cash incentives for digital financial services. President of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) Syed Almas ...

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Consultancy Service Procurement for the Evaluation of JPF Funded Projects in Bangladesh

Organization: JPF  Posted Date: 18 Nov 2020 Closing Date: 6 Dec 2020 The Japan Platform (hereinafter referred to as “JPF”) is an international emergency humanitarian aid organization which offers the most effective and prompt emergency aid in response to humanitarian needs, focusing on issues of refugees and natural disasters. JPF conducts such aid through a tripartite cooperation system where NGOs, business communities, and ...

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Tax authority calls global tender for excise duty stickers

As a stop-gap measure, the Inland Revenue Department has ordered Janak Education Material Centre to print nearly 100 million stickers. Nearly a year after the tax authority invited a global tender for excise duty stickers that landed in a legal dispute, the Inland Revenue Department has once again invited a global tender for the stickers. The department issued a tender ...

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The multi-billion-dollar Nijgadh Airport project hangs in the balance

The next Investment Board meeting chaired by the prime minister will decide how the project should move ahead, amid reports that the contracted Swiss company is ‘unofficially out’. Workers install a barbed wire fence at the proposed airport site in Nijgadh.  The future of the $3.45 billion Nijgadh International Airport project in Bara hangs in the balance. Amid reports that Zurich Airport ...

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RFP 7174, Laboratory Analysis of Organic Pollutants for UNEP

RFP 7174, Laboratory Analysis of Organic Pollutants for UNEPProcurement Process :RFP – Request for proposalAFG10 – 0000007147   Click here to participateOffice :UNDP – AFGHANISTANDeadline :05-Oct-20 @ 01:30 AM (New York time)Posted on :13-Sep-20 @ 06:49 AM (New York time)Development Area :SERVICES  Reference Number :70085Link to Atlas Project :Non-UNDP ProjectDocuments :RFP – UNEP – Laboratory Analysis_Re-announcement_20200910FAQ for bidders Release No 4 June 2016UNDP ...

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RFP: Conducting Baseline, End line and Final Evaluation Survey – BHAKARI Project

Mercy Corps will be starting the USAID funded Food for Peace – Building Hope Along the Karnali River Basin (Bhakari) project in Nepal. This multiyear international emergency food assistance program is expected to start from October 2020 through September 2023 covering 6 districts; Jumla, Mugu, Kalikot, Surkhet, Dailekh and Achham. The overall goal of Bhakari is that emergency food needs ...

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Government directs IBN to seek RfP for Nijgadh airport

The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) has directed Investment Board Nepal (IBN) to seek request for proposal (RfP) for Nijgadh International Airport (NIA). At a meeting held today, MoCTCA directed IBN to contact Zürich International Airport by the end of September. Stating that the government’s preparations for the construction of NIA have gathered momentum, MoCTCA has directed ...

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Govt. offers T-Bills to raise money

The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) has offered Treasury Bills (T-Bills) worth Nu 3 billion (B) for sale on behalf of the government. T-Bills are a debt instrument issued by the government to mobilise fund from the market and can be negotiated and traded freely in the market. The T-Bills, which have a maturity period of 91 days, are being auctioned ...

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United Nations Development Programme “Procurement Notices”

UNDP/RFP/AFG/2020/5797, Technical Support for Development of BehaviouralProcurement Process :RFP – Request for proposalAFG10 – 0000005797   Click here to participateOffice :UNDP – AFGHANISTANDeadline :29-Apr-20 @ 01:29 AM (New York time)Posted on :16-Apr-20 @ 03:37 AM (New York time)Development Area :SERVICES  Reference Number :65091Link to Atlas Project :00112820 – Transitional Support to MOIA (TSM) ProjectDocuments :RFP- Technical Support for Development of TV-DramaUNDP eTendering User ...

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