Procurement of Medicines

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was conceived in the early 1960s as a financial institution that would be Asian in character and foster economic growth and cooperation in one of the poorest regions in the world.

ADB assists its members, and partners, by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development.

The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has received financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) toward the cost of Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project–Additional Financing (UPHCSDP-AF), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under Call-off Contracts that may be awarded under the Framework Agreements (FAs) for the Supply of Medicines concluded through this IFB Primary Procurement process.

The Procuring Agency, on behalf of the Local Government Division (LGD) of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (“the Purchaser”), is undertaking the Primary Procurement with a view to concluding Framework Agreements. The Procuring Agency invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply of Medicines for 45 partnership areas (PAs) during a period of two and half years.

The Framework Agreements to be concluded will be “Multi-User”. A list of the users (participating Purchasers/NGOs) entitled to purchase under the Framework Agreements is provided in the Bidding Document.

The Framework Agreements to be concluded will be “Multi-Supplier”.

The selection of a FA Supplier to be awarded a Call-off Contract will be done through a Secondary Procurement process as defined in Framework Agreement. However, the conclusion of a Framework Agreement shall not impose any obligation on the Procuring Agency, including participating Purchasers, to purchase Goods under a Call-off Contract. The conclusion Framework Agreement does not guarantee that a FA Supplier will be awarded a Call-off Contract.

National Competitive Bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single- Stage: One-Envelope bidding procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible source countries of ADB as described in the Bidding Documents.

Bidders may submit Bids for at least 60 numbers of items or more items.

Invitation for Bids