How to find government tenders in Bangladesh

Last updated: 20 Oct 2026 · 6 min read

The steps

1. Decide what kind of work you do and which districts you can work in.
2. Open today's new tenders on eprocure.gov.bd or ProcureIndex.
3. Filter by district, type of work and method, and add a keyword if needed.
4. In the notice, check the security, document price, closing date and eligibility.
5. Look at who won similar work at the same office, and for how much.
6. Turn on an alert so new tenders reach you every day.

Finding government tenders means finding the notices that public offices publish when they want to buy works, goods or services. In Bangladesh almost every government tender now goes on the e-GP (electronic Government Procurement) portal, eprocure.gov.bd. So e-GP is the real source. The hard part is picking out the tenders that fit your firm from the hundreds published every day. This guide walks you through it.

Where tenders are published

Public buying follows the Public Procurement Act 2006 (PPA) and the Public Procurement Rules 2025 (PPR 2025). Under these rules nearly every office, from LGED, Roads and Highways, Education Engineering, Public Health Engineering and the Water Development Board to hospitals and municipalities, publishes its tenders on e-GP. The portal is run by the government's procurement authority, once called CPTU and now BPPA (Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority).

Some tenders still appear in newspapers and on office notice boards, and larger tenders must also be advertised in the press. But you bid on e-GP. So even if you spot a tender in the paper, you will end up finding it on e-GP.

Remember: you do not need to register to look at tenders. Anyone can read notices on e-GP's public pages. To buy the documents and bid, your firm needs e-GP registration. There is a separate guide for that: e-GP registration step by step.

Decide what you are looking for

Answer three questions before you start. It saves half the time.

• What type of work? e-GP splits tenders into Works (construction, repair, roads, buildings), Goods (materials, equipment, furniture, medicine) and Services (cleaning, security, consulting, vehicle hire).
• Which districts can you cover? Pick districts where you can send people, materials and supervision. Winning a cheap job far away and then losing money on it is a very common mistake.
• How big a job can you take? Your liquid asset, turnover and past experience decide which contract sizes you qualify for. The notice states these conditions.

Searching on e-GP

The e-GP home page lets you search tenders without logging in, by ministry, office, type, method, tender ID and dates. The catch: searching by district is awkward, and browsing many tenders at once is slow.

After logging in, your e-GP dashboard also lists tenders, with the ones whose documents you bought kept separately.

Searching with ProcureIndex

ProcureIndex is an independent service, not a government site. We fetch e-GP's public data every 30 minutes and sort it by district, type of work and office. Some quick ways in:

• Today's new tenders: the today's tenders page shows everything published today, grouped by district and type.
• Closing this week: the closing this week page lists tenders that close in the next 7 days.
• By district: for example Dhaka, Chattogram, Bogura or Sylhet. Each district page shows live tenders and the firms that win most there.
• By keyword: on all tenders, search for "road", "building repair", "computer" or "medicine" and add district, type and method filters.

You cannot bid from ProcureIndex. When you find a tender, its page links to the official e-GP notice, and you bid there.

Pick by method

Each tender states a procurement method. This matters a lot for new contractors.

• OTM (open tendering): open to everyone who meets the eligibility.
• LTM (limited tendering): only for contractors enlisted with that office, usually for smaller works. Skip these if you are not enlisted.
• RFQ (request for quotation): low-value buying, with prices collected from a few suppliers.

More detail in OTM, LTM, RFQ, DPM: the differences.

What to check in the notice

Before you pay for documents, read the notice carefully. Check these first:

1. Tender security: how much you must put up. It also hints at the job's size, because the security is usually a small fixed share of the estimate. See the tender security guide.
2. Document price: what the documents cost. It is not refunded.
3. Closing and opening: the last time to bid, and when bids are opened.
4. Eligibility: liquid asset, turnover, and experience of similar work.
5. Pre-bid meeting: note the date if there is one. It is the best time to ask questions.
6. Amendments: the office can change dates or terms later. ProcureIndex flags tenders with a detected amendment.

Look at past awards before you price

Knowing who won similar work at the same office, and for how much, makes pricing much easier. ProcureIndex keeps the NOAs (Notifications of Award) that e-GP makes public on the awards page. Each firm's page shows how many contracts it won, the total value and its main offices. It also shows who your real competitors are.

Get new tenders every day

Opening the site every morning is a chore, and missing one day can mean missing a good tender. Turn on an alert instead: enter your mobile number or start it on Telegram in one tap. New tenders that match your district and type arrive every day at 8 am and 5 pm. No login, no payment.

Common mistakes

• Buying documents on the last day. A slow bank or slow site can cost you the whole tender.
• Paying for documents without checking eligibility. The money is wasted.
• Ignoring amendments. Bidding on old dates or quantities can get your bid rejected.
• Taking work far away at a very low price, beyond what you can manage.

More questions? See the FAQ.

Rules and amounts change now and then. Check the latest rules on e-GP or the BPPA site before you bid.

Source: eprocure.gov.bd