EBRD tenders and procurement opportunities

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), founded in 1991 and based in London, invests to build market economies across transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, including Uzbekistan. Unlike most development banks, the EBRD channels most of its financing to the private sector, while it also finances public and municipal projects. Every investment is expected to be commercially sound, to add value beyond what the market provides on its own, and to support the transition to an open economy.

EBRD financed projects span a broad range of sectors, including:

• Financial institutions: banks, microfinance, and capital markets.
• Industry, commerce, and agribusiness: manufacturing, food and agriculture, property, and information technology.
• Sustainable infrastructure: energy and power, transport, and municipal water and district heating.
• Green economy: renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate finance.

EBRD opportunities appear in a few connected places, depending on whether they are procurement notices for goods and works or consultancy assignments:

• The procurement opportunities pages at ebrd.com, which list open tenders and consultancy assignments.
• The EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP), the online platform where notices are posted and where firms register, download tender documents, and submit bids and proposals electronically.
• UN Development Business, which syndicates EBRD and other development-bank notices in one feed.

Every notice carries a reference or notice number. Keep it, because it lets you find the full tender documents, the terms of reference, and any later clarifications, addenda, or deadline changes.

EBRD procurement depends on whether the project is in the public or the private sector, and consultancy assignments follow their own track:

• Public-sector goods, works, and services follow the EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules (PP&R), with open tendering as the default and the contract awarded to the most economically advantageous responsive tender.
• Private-sector operations are procured by the client using its own procedures, consistent with sound procurement practice and reviewed by the Bank, so not every private project is openly tendered.
• Consultancy assignments, often funded through technical cooperation, are selected on a combination of quality and cost from a shortlist.

For consultancy assignments the typical path is:

1. Notice and expression of interest. The EBRD or its client publishes a consultancy assignment notice inviting expressions of interest (EOI).
2. Shortlist. Submissions are evaluated against qualification criteria, and a shortlist of firms or experts is drawn up.
3. Request for proposals. Shortlisted consultants receive the terms of reference, the instructions, and the selection method.
4. Proposals. Consultants submit a technical proposal, including expert CVs, and, for most methods, a separate financial proposal.
5. Evaluation and award. Quality and cost are combined using the disclosed criteria, and the selected consultant is invited to negotiate the contract.

Preparing a competitive EBRD bid takes weeks, so start as soon as a relevant notice appears. Practical steps:

1. Register on the EBRD Client E-Procurement Portal (ECEPP) so you can open notices, download documents, and submit online.
2. Read the full notice and the terms of reference to understand scope, budget, and timeline.
3. Confirm eligibility. Check the country of operations, sector, experience thresholds, and conflict-of-interest rules before you commit.
4. Assemble the team early. Identify the experts you will propose and collect their CVs in a consistent format.
5. Write to the terms of reference. Map your technical proposal directly to the evaluation criteria.
6. Prepare the financial proposal separately, keeping it consistent with the staffing and inputs in the technical proposal.
7. Submit electronically through the ECEPP before the deadline stated in the notice.

Silka brings live EBRD opportunities together with feeds from the World Bank, ADB, AIIB, IsDB, and UZEX, so you can track them without checking each portal by hand. With Silka you can:

• See active EBRD procurement and consultancy notices filtered by sector, country, and selection method.
• Open the original notice and tender documents directly from each listing.
• Generate expert CVs and assemble technical and financial proposals.
• Invite independent experts into a specific tender workspace and track readiness against the deadline.