Feasibility Study to Encourage Private Sector in Developing Tender

• Country: Bangladesh
• Summary: Feasibility Study to Encourage Private Sector in Developing Green Affordable Housing in Bangladesh
• BDT Ref No: 132847391
• Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
• Financier: World Bank (WB)
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
• Notice Type: Tender
• Document Ref. No.: 0002020368
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• Description:
• Affordablehousing is a priority for the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and IFC.Bangladesh, with a population of approximately 173 million, faces acute housingchallenges that present both developmental needs and significant private sectorinvestment opportunities. IFC-s 2025 Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD)reveals that around 80% of urban households live in inadequate housing, many ofwhom rent while aspiring to own homes. According to an IFC assessment of thehousing sector in Bangladesh (2019), approximately 11.9 million urbanhouseholds reside in informal housing. The demand for affordable housing inurban areas was estimated at 6 million units in 2019, projected to increase to10.5 million units by 2030. However, in contrast, the supply was only 17,000 in2019, indicating a 93% supply gap. The estimated commercially viable financingrequirement for the existing demand of affordable housing units is USD 60billion or 4.9 trillion BDT (Bangladeshi Taka), and the potential to create 2million jobs in construction and related sectors. To support urban middle-income/affordable housing sectordevelopment and the renewed focus of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB),Bangladesh Bank (BB) and IFC intend to undertake comprehensive feasibilitystudies of constructing demonstration affordable/green affordable housingprojects on government-identified land parcels, and identify business value proposition forprivate sector developers and banks/financial institutions to support theseprojects. The studies will also provide an analytical foundation for subsequentpolicy reforms and investment mobilization.This project aims to explore the feasibility ofestablishing affordable/green and resilient housing demonstration project atthe Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority's site in Mirsarai, Chittagong, toaddress the housing needs of white-collar and blue-collar employees ofindustries located within the zones. The feasibility studies aim to assess thecommercial viability of the demonstration pr...
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 Tender Notice

Draft-BEZA-Feasibility-Study-ToR.docx