155 live tenders from 100 buyers, in 52 countries, collected every morning from the World Bank's published procurement notices. Free to search — always verify details on the buyer's original notice.
Updated 1 October 2026
World Bank tenders are not run by the World Bank. The Bank lends to or grants money to a government, and a ministry or project implementation unit in that country buys the goods, works and services the project needs. It does so under the World Bank's procurement rules for investment project financing, which is why these notices look alike from Kenya to Indonesia: the same notice types, the same review stages, and the same obligation to advertise internationally above set values.
Three notice types matter. A General Procurement Notice announces a project's procurement plan and is your earliest warning of what is coming. An Invitation for Bids asks for priced offers for goods, works or non-consulting services. A Request for Expressions of Interest is how consultants get onto a shortlist: you set out your relevant experience, and shortlisted firms are then invited to submit proposals.
Your bid or expression of interest goes to the implementing agency named in the notice, in the format and currency its documents set, not to the World Bank. Read the eligibility section carefully, check the deadline against the agency's time zone, and allow for documents that must be obtained or registered for in advance. Firms that win this work tend to partner with a local company that knows the implementing agency, and to track projects from the General Procurement Notice onwards rather than waiting for the invitation.
Generally yes. Firms from World Bank member countries, including the United Kingdom, are eligible to compete, subject to the eligibility, conflict of interest and debarment rules set out in each set of procurement documents.
To the implementing agency named in the notice, usually a government ministry or project unit in the borrowing country. The World Bank reviews the process but does not receive bids.
It is the first stage of hiring consultants on a World Bank project. You submit your firm's relevant experience and capacity; the agency draws up a shortlist and invites those firms to send full technical and financial proposals.
Every plan can search them in the portal. They are included in the daily email on the UK & Ireland plan, so UK-only subscribers are not sent overseas notices they did not ask for.
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