Stale Pre-tender

Jobs and Economic Transformation Programme Pakistan (JETPAK)

Details

Buyer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Topic: Foreign economic-aid-related services
Published: 18 September 2025
Submission: 2 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The JETPAK programme will require the implementing partner (s) providing direct technical assistance, and grants to medium and large firms. The programme will primarily be funded through Resource-DEL (RDEL), with a Capital-DEL (CDEL) component. The programme will focus on achieving outcomes in the following areas: • Increase in value-add exports • Investment mobilisation • Development of local consultancies in standards, operations, GESI, business support services etc • Improved financing offer in high growth sectors During the session, further details about the programme will be shared. Suppliers will have the opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback on the scope and design, and express their level of interest helping inform the route to market. Example of the questions which are expected to be answered by the suppliers: • What delivery models or approaches would you recommend for supporting secondary market actors such as financial institutions, skills providers, and industry associations? • What experience do you have in delivering technical assistance and/ or grant programmes to medium and large firms in emerging markets? • What are the key challenges and risks you foresee in delivering a programme focused on value-add exports, investment mobilisation, and business support services? • How could the programme best support the development of local consultancies in areas such as standards, operations, GESI, and business support? • What innovative or proven approaches have you used to improve access to financing in high-growth sectors? • Do you have any feedback on the proposed use of Resource-DEL and Capital-DEL funding mechanisms in the programme design?

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published18 September 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a ministerial department that buys through its own Commercial Directorate. Every procurement runs on Jaggaer, the department's eSourcing portal, where suppliers register to bid. Opportunities and awards are published on Contracts Finder, and bids above threshold need Central Digital Platform registration. A commercial pipeline is updated every quarter. Four category teams cover programme delivery, estates and security, digital and technology, and corporate services. The department runs its own frameworks, such as the Global Development Delivery Framework, and dynamic purchasing systems for construction and global facilities management.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

75211200 · Foreign economic-aid-related services

Decision makers

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