What Changed in PPR 2025 — And What It Means for Your Bids
On 28 September 2025, the Public Procurement Rules 2025 (PPR 2025) were issued, replacing the long-standing PPR 2008. There is a structural change worth noting straight away: PPR 2025 was published by the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), whereas PPR 2008 came from the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU).
This is not a cosmetic update. Several changes directly affect how you bid, how you price, and what you must disclose. This guide walks through the ones that matter most to contractors.
1. e-GP Portal Use Is Now Mandatory
Under Rule 150(1), all procuring entities are obliged to use the e-GP portal for any procurement supported on the e-GP system.
What this means for you: offline workarounds are closing. If your e-GP profile is incomplete or your documents are not mapped and current in the system, you are not simply at a disadvantage — you may be locked out entirely.
2. The ±10% Price Cap Is Gone (National Works)
This is the change with the biggest day-to-day impact. The plus/minus 10% limit for national works procurement — long controversial — has been repealed.
What this means for you: the floor and ceiling that shaped bidding strategy for years no longer exist. There is no automatic protection from being undercut, and no automatic band keeping you "safe." Pricing discipline now has to come entirely from your own costing.
But the cap was not removed and replaced with nothing. It was replaced with SLT.
3. Significantly Low-priced Tender (SLT) Evaluation
PPR 2025 introduced a formula-based system for identifying significantly low-priced tenders. The assessment weighs the prices of technically acceptable tenderers (the average carrying roughly 50% weight), the official estimate, and recent price indices.
The purpose is to determine SLT objectively, eliminating subjective judgement — and tenders identified as SLT are declared non-responsive. In e-GP, the calculation runs automatically during evaluation.
What this means for you: bidding lowest is no longer the same as winning. An unrealistically low price is now a documented route to rejection, not a shortcut to a contract.
Note: SLT identification does not apply to every procurement method or category. Check the specific tender document, and raise it at the pre-bid meeting if the treatment of low prices is unclear.
4. Beneficial Owner Disclosure
It is now required to disclose the actual beneficial owner of any contract award.
The stated purpose is to improve transparency and prevent the use of proxy bidders or one person operating through many different licences.
What this means for you: if you bid legitimately under your own licence, this is simply a disclosure step. If your arrangements are less straightforward, this rule is aimed squarely at them.
5. Four Procurement Categories Now
Physical services (also called non-consulting services) are now established as a distinct procurement category, with expanded provisions for framework agreements and negotiations.
So procurement is now divided into four categories:
- Works
- Goods
- Professional (consulting) services
- Non-consulting / physical services
What this means for you: the category determines which Standard Tender Document applies and which qualification criteria you are judged against. Know which category your tender falls into before you assess your eligibility.
6. Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)
The concept of sustainable procurement has been incorporated into Rule 6 of PPR 2025.
What this means for you: this is early-stage, but it signals the direction of travel. Over time, expect sustainability considerations to appear in specifications and evaluation criteria.
The Constant Underneath All of This
Rules change. What does not change is that most tenders are still lost at the eligibility stage, not the price stage.
Liquid assets net of ongoing commitments, key personnel with the right qualifications and years, equipment with valid ownership or hire documents, certificates that have not expired — these decide whether your bid is even considered. PPR 2025 did not make any of that easier.
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This guide summarises key changes for contractors. For the authoritative text, consult PPR 2025 as published by BPPA, and confirm any specific requirement against the tender document and at the pre-bid meeting.