Guides

Practical, data-based guides to World Bank-financed energy and water procurement in South and Southeast Asia.

World Bank procurement methods explained: RFB, RFQ, QCBS, CQS and more

What each World Bank procurement method means for bidders, and how often each appears in energy and water notices across South and Southeast Asia.

How to read a World Bank contract award notice (and use it to price your next bid)

Bid price at opening, evaluated price, signed contract price and evaluated bidders: what each field in a World Bank award notice tells a bidder.

Who actually wins World Bank energy and water contracts in South & Southeast Asia?

Data on local versus foreign winners of World Bank-financed energy and water contracts, and what it means for international bidders.

World Bank energy and water tenders in India: what the data shows

India produces the most World Bank energy and water notices in the region. Here is what they are, which methods they use, and who wins.

Winning World Bank energy and water work in Viet Nam

Viet Nam's World Bank energy and water notices are few but consulting-heavy. How to position for them.

Water and flood-recovery tenders in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

Water, sanitation and flood-recovery notices dominate World Bank procurement in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. What is being bought.