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237 tenders
| Tender | Procuring entity | Category | Published | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG-04/2026-2027 Supply of Server Computer for CRTS. 1317005Open Tendering Method | Office of The Planning and Development Ministry of Education | Goods Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies; Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers; Computer equipment and supplies;Word-processing machines;Photocopying and printing equipment;Post-office equipment;Calculating and accounting machines;Typewriters;Parts and accessories of typewriters and calculating machines;Various office equipment and supplies;Data-processing machines;Digital cartography equipment;Computer hardware;Software;Computer systems;Servers Khulna | 12 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 12:30 |
| RG-05/2026-2027 Supply of Lab Equipment for Mathematics Department. 1317006Open Tendering Method | Office of The Planning and Development Ministry of Education | Goods Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies;Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers;Word-processing machines;Photocopying and printing equipment;Post-office equipment;Calculating and accounting machines;Typewriters;Parts and accessories of typewriters and calculating machines;Various office equipment and supplies;Computer equipment and supplies;Data-processing machines;Digital cartography equipment;Computer hardware;Software;Computer systems;Servers Khulna | 12 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 12:30 |
| Procurement of Backup Solar Power System (10kW, Battery + Inverter + wiring) 1315208Open Tendering Method | Sustainable Electricity Generation from Tidal Lagoons in Coastal Bangladesh A Demonstration toward Climate Resilient Infrastructure Ministry of Education | Goods Electricity, gas, nuclear energy and fuels, steam, hot water and other sources of energy; Electricity; Manufactured gas; Steam, hot water and associated products; Solar energy; Nuclear fuels;Coal gas or similar gases;Mains gas;Hot water;Steam;District heating;Long-distance heating;Solar panels;Solar installation;Uranium;Plutonium;Radioactive materials;Radio-isotopes Gazipur | 10 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 12:38 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture (FY:2025-26) At Baushi Ardachandra Higher Secondary School Under Barhatta Upazila Netrokona District.(RMS ID-1053522) 1316035Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Netrokona, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Furniture;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture;Jewellery and related articles;Coins and medals;Articles of jewellery;Musical instruments and parts;Musical instruments;Parts and accessories of musical instruments;Sports goods and equipment;Outdoor sports equipment;Gymnasium equipment;Games and toys; fairground amusements;Dolls;Toys;Articles for funfair, table or parlour games;Miscellaneous manufactured and other goods;Laundry supplies;School slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces;Artificial products;Apparatus and equipment designed for demonstrational purposes;Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks;Funeral supplies;Kitchen equipment, household items and catering supplies;Barracks supplies;Consumables and consumer goods;Consumables;Tax-free goods;Disposable goods;Handicraft and art supplies;Handicraft supplies;Art supplies;Special-purpose product;Police equipment;Recycled products;Security devices;Animal ear tags;Compost boxes;Tokens;Spray booths;Snow poles Netrokona | 10 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 13:00 |
| Procurement of Electrochemical Workstation and Glovebox 1314348Open Tendering Method | HEAT Project - Strenthening of nanomaterials and ceramic engneering undergraduate program through the development of modern laboratories and innovativ Ministry of Education | Goods Machinery, equipment, appliances, apparatus and associated products;Machinery for the production and use of mechanical power;Turbines and motors;Pumps and compressors;Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances;Gears, gearing and driving elements;General-purpose machinery;Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens;Lifting and handling equipment and parts;Cooling and ventilation equipment;Miscellaneous general-purpose machinery;Agricultural, horticultural and forestry machinery;Agricultural and forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation;Harvesting machinery;Spraying machinery for agriculture or horticulture;Self-loading or unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agriculture;Specialist agricultural or forestry machinery;Tractors;Parts of agricultural and forestry machinery;Machine tools;Machine tools operated by laser and machining centres;Lathes, boring and milling machine tools;Metal-working machine tools;Machine tools for working hard materials except metals;Pneumatic or motorised hand tools;Soldering, brazing and welding tools, surface tempering and hot-spraying machines and equipment;Parts and accessories of machine tools;Special-purpose machinery and parts;Machinery for metallurgy and associated parts;Machinery for mining, quarrying and construction;Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing and associated parts;Machinery for textile, apparel and leather production;Machinery for paper or paperboard production;Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery;Weapons, ammunition and associated parts;Motorised tanks and armoured fighting vehicles;Military weapons;Firearms;Ammunition;Parts of military weapons;Truncheons or night sticks;Domestic appliances;Electrical domestic appliances;Non-electric domestic appliances;Miscellaneous equipment;Transport related equipment;Workshop equipment;Construction equipment;Catering equipment;Emergency and security equipment;Technical equipment;Miscellaneous equipment n.e.c. Dhaka | 10 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 14:00 |
| Procurement of Furniture for Administrative Building at RUET, Rajshahi 1316323Open Tendering Method | Office of the Project Director Ministry of Education | Goods Wood, wood products, cork products, basketware and wickerwork; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Sawn wood;Railway sleepers;Mining timber;Prepared softwood;Hardwood;Parquet;Prepared or treated wooden products;Sawdust;Wooden sheets and veneers;Wooden boards and panels;Densified wood;Builders wood joinery and carpentry;Builders wood joinery;Builders wood carpentry;Prefabricated wooden buildings;Wooden containers, pallets, boxes and other containers;Wooden containers;Wooden pallets;Articles of wood and cork;Products of wood and related articles;Articles of cork, basketware and wickerwork;Furniture;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture;Jewellery and related articles;Coins and medals;Articles of jewellery;Musical instruments and parts;Musical instruments;Parts and accessories of musical instruments;Sports goods and equipment;Outdoor sports equipment;Gymnasium equipment;Games and toys; fairground amusements;Dolls;Toys;Articles for funfair, table or parlour games;Miscellaneous manufactured and other goods;Laundry supplies;School slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces;Artificial products;Apparatus and equipment designed for demonstrational purposes;Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks;Funeral supplies;Kitchen equipment, household items and catering supplies;Barracks supplies;Consumables and consumer goods;Consumables;Tax-free goods;Disposable goods;Handicraft and art supplies;Handicraft supplies;Art supplies;Special-purpose product;Police equipment;Recycled products;Security devices;Animal ear tags;Compost boxes;Tokens;Spray booths;Snow poles Rajshahi | 10 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 15:00 |
| BTEB/GD/OTM/A/2026-27 Supply of White Paper (23''X36'' and 26''X40'') 1307455Open Tendering Method | Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Dhaka Ministry of Education | Goods Various types of pulp, paper and paper products;Pulp, paper and paperboard;Pulp;Paper and paperboard;Paper or paperboard articles;Corrugated paper or paperboard;Household and hospital paper articles;Paper stationery and other items;Wallpaper and other coverings;Cigarette paper and filter paper Dhaka | 10 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 15:30 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 06 Class Room) at Monoara Azmat Ali College, Kushtia sadar, Kushtia. 1315834Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Shadipur alim madrasah, Kumarkhali, Kushtia. 1315833Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Adorsha Dakhil Madrasah, Sondah, Kumarkhali, Kushtia. 1315831Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables; Seats, chairs and associated parts; Non-domestic furniture; Domestic furniture; Miscellaneous furniture and equipment; School furniture; Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Machinery and Laboratory Equipment under Discovery of Blood-Based Biomarker for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Single Molecule Array Immunoassay Approach. 1. Fully Automated Bead-Based Immunoassay Platform Supplied with a Dedicated Online Double-Conversion Ups with Built-in Voltage Stabilizer and Lithium Battery and a Desktop Computer. 2. Minus Twenty Degree Centigrade (-20°C) Biomedical/Laboratory Freezer. 3. Laboratory Drying Oven. 4. Refrigerated Multipurpose Centrifuge Machine with Multiple Rotors. 1314025Open Tendering Method | Office of the SPM (Discovery of Blood-Based Biomarker, 13521, HEAT) Ministry of Education | Goods Medical and laboratory devices, optical and precision devices, watches and clocks, pharmaceuticals and related medical consumables; Medical devices; Instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing and navigating; Industrial process control equipment; Optical instruments; Horological instruments;Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use;Functional exploration;Dentistry;Medical non-chemical consumables and haematological consumables;Therapy;Operating techniques;Anaesthesia and resuscitation;Functional support;Miscellaneous medical devices;Navigational, meteorological, geological and geophysical instruments;Remote-control equipment;Precision balances, instruments for drawing, calculating and measuring length;Instruments for measuring quantities;Instruments for checking physical characteristics;Checking and testing apparatus;Regulating and controlling instruments and apparatus;Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiations;Spectacles and lenses;Polarising material;Astronomical and optical instruments;Liquid crystal devices;Photographic equipment;Watches and clocks Jashore | 9 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Sadaki Islamia Dakhil Madrasah, Kumarkhali, Kushtia. 1315832Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing and Supplying of Furniture for Academic Building (Co-Education) at Sondah-Nandalalpur Secondary School, Kumarkhali, Kushtia. 1316425Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Sheala Dakhil Madrasah, Daulatpur, Kushtia. 1315836Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Boiragirchar Rahimpur Dakhil Madrasah, Daulatpur, Kushtia. 1315835Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Chitalia dakhil madrasah, Mirpur, Kushtia. 1315837Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Justice abu zafar siddiqui technical institute, Mirpur, Kushtia. 1315838Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing & Supplying of Furniture for Academic Bldg. (For 03 Class Room) at Nowda Azampur Technical And Business Management College, Mirpur, Kushtia. 1315839Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer,EED, Kushtia, District. Ministry of Education | Goods Furniture; Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture Kushtia | 11 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:00 |
| Manufacturing and Supplying of Furniture (FY: 2025-2026) at Jamalpur Raj Mohon Biddapit ,Kaligonj, Gazipur(RMS ID NO-1054324). 1312135Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer, EED, Gazipur District. Ministry of Education | Goods Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Furniture;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture;Jewellery and related articles;Coins and medals;Articles of jewellery;Musical instruments and parts;Musical instruments;Parts and accessories of musical instruments;Sports goods and equipment;Outdoor sports equipment;Gymnasium equipment;Games and toys; fairground amusements;Dolls;Toys;Articles for funfair, table or parlour games;Miscellaneous manufactured and other goods;Laundry supplies;School slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces;Artificial products;Apparatus and equipment designed for demonstrational purposes;Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks;Funeral supplies;Kitchen equipment, household items and catering supplies;Barracks supplies;Consumables and consumer goods;Consumables;Tax-free goods;Disposable goods;Handicraft and art supplies;Handicraft supplies;Art supplies;Special-purpose product;Police equipment;Recycled products;Security devices;Animal ear tags;Compost boxes;Tokens;Spray booths;Snow poles Gazipur | 9 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:30 |
| Manufacturing and Supplying of Office Furniture (FY: 2020-2021) at Gazipur Govt. Mohila College , Sadar , Gazipur. (RMS ID NO-1042125). 1312137Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer, EED, Gazipur District. Ministry of Education | Goods Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Furniture;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture;Jewellery and related articles;Coins and medals;Articles of jewellery;Musical instruments and parts;Musical instruments;Parts and accessories of musical instruments;Sports goods and equipment;Outdoor sports equipment;Gymnasium equipment;Games and toys; fairground amusements;Dolls;Toys;Articles for funfair, table or parlour games;Miscellaneous manufactured and other goods;Laundry supplies;School slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces;Artificial products;Apparatus and equipment designed for demonstrational purposes;Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks;Funeral supplies;Kitchen equipment, household items and catering supplies;Barracks supplies;Consumables and consumer goods;Consumables;Tax-free goods;Disposable goods;Handicraft and art supplies;Handicraft supplies;Art supplies;Special-purpose product;Police equipment;Recycled products;Security devices;Animal ear tags;Compost boxes;Tokens;Spray booths;Snow poles Gazipur | 9 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:30 |
| Manufacturing and Supplying of Furniture (FY: 2025-2026) at Sataish High School ,Tongi, Gazipur(RMS ID NO-1054328). 1312136Open Tendering Method | Office of the Executive Engineer, EED, Gazipur District. Ministry of Education | Goods Manufactured goods, furniture, handicrafts, special-purpose products and associated consumables;Furniture;Seats, chairs and associated parts;Non-domestic furniture;Domestic furniture;Miscellaneous furniture and equipment;School furniture;Jewellery and related articles;Coins and medals;Articles of jewellery;Musical instruments and parts;Musical instruments;Parts and accessories of musical instruments;Sports goods and equipment;Outdoor sports equipment;Gymnasium equipment;Games and toys; fairground amusements;Dolls;Toys;Articles for funfair, table or parlour games;Miscellaneous manufactured and other goods;Laundry supplies;School slates or boards with writing or drawing surfaces;Artificial products;Apparatus and equipment designed for demonstrational purposes;Umbrellas and sunshades; walking sticks and seat sticks;Funeral supplies;Kitchen equipment, household items and catering supplies;Barracks supplies;Consumables and consumer goods;Consumables;Tax-free goods;Disposable goods;Handicraft and art supplies;Handicraft supplies;Art supplies;Special-purpose product;Police equipment;Recycled products;Security devices;Animal ear tags;Compost boxes;Tokens;Spray booths;Snow poles Gazipur | 9 Aug 2026 | 25 Aug 2026, 16:30 |
| Supplying of Kit Box for faculty of veterinary at HSTU,Dinajpur 1319348Open Tendering Method | Office of the Vice Chancellor or Enginering Section,HSTU,Dinajpur Ministry of Education | Goods Medical and laboratory devices, optical and precision devices, watches and clocks, pharmaceuticals and related medical consumables;Medical devices;Imaging equipment for medical, dental and veterinary use;Functional exploration;Dentistry;Medical non-chemical consumables and haematological consumables;Therapy;Operating techniques;Anaesthesia and resuscitation;Functional support;Miscellaneous medical devices;Instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing and navigating;Navigational, meteorological, geological and geophysical instruments;Remote-control equipment;Precision balances, instruments for drawing, calculating and measuring length;Instruments for measuring quantities;Instruments for checking physical characteristics;Checking and testing apparatus;Regulating and controlling instruments and apparatus;Non-medical equipment based on the use of radiations;Industrial process control equipment;Optical instruments;Spectacles and lenses;Polarising material;Astronomical and optical instruments;Liquid crystal devices;Photographic equipment;Horological instruments;Watches and clocks Dinajpur | 17 Aug 2026 | 27 Aug 2026, 12:00 |
| Procurement of Computer and computer accessories for 4 nos. of schools 1312940Open Tendering Method | Establishment of 9 Govt. Secondary Schools Project Ministry of Education | Goods Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies; Computer and related services; Hardware consultancy services; Software programming and consultancy services; Data services; Computer-related services;Office machinery, equipment and supplies except computers;Word-processing machines;Photocopying and printing equipment;Post-office equipment;Calculating and accounting machines;Typewriters;Parts and accessories of typewriters and calculating machines;Various office equipment and supplies;Computer equipment and supplies;Data-processing machines;Digital cartography equipment;Computer hardware;Software;Computer systems;Servers;Hardware selection consultancy services;Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services;Computer-site planning consultancy services;Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services;Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services;Programming services of packaged software products;Systems and technical consultancy services;Custom software development services;Systems analysis and programming services;System maintenance and support services;Software-related services;Data-processing services;Database services;Computer-related management services;Computer support and consultancy services;Computer network services;Computer upgrade services;Computer audit services;Computer testing services;Computer back-up services;Computer catalogue conversion services;Computer-related professional services Dhaka | 3 Aug 2026 | 27 Aug 2026, 15:01 |
| Installation of electrical main service lines, including 10 single-phase digital energy meters, for the officer & stsff quarters located on the north & south sides of the Muktijoddha Ziaur Rahman Hall at university of Dhaka. 1315750Open Tendering Method | Electric Zone 3- Chief Engineer Office Ministry of Education | Goods Power distribution cables; Insulated wire and cable; Insulated cable accessories; Dhaka | 9 Aug 2026 | 27 Aug 2026, 15:40 |
| Supply of Plumbing items for Academic and FBS Tower. 1318756Open Tendering Method | Office of the Chief Planning, Development & Works (Revenue) Ministry of Education | Goods Architectural, engineering, construction, legal, accounting and other professional services;Legal, accounting, auditing, business, management and related services;Legal services;Accounting, auditing and fiscal services;Market research, public-opinion polling and related services;Business and management consultancy and related services;Management holdings services;Architectural, engineering, construction and related technical consultancy services;Technical consultancy services;Architectural and related services;Engineering services;Integrated engineering services;Urban planning and landscape architectural services;Construction-related services;Engineering-related scientific and technical services;Testing, inspection, analysis, monitoring and control services;Technical testing and analysis services;Monitoring and control services;Advertising and marketing services;Advertising services;Marketing services;Labour recruitment and provision of personnel services.;Placement services of personnel.;Supply services of personnel.;Recruitment services.;Personnel services except placement and supply services;Investigation and security services;Security services;Investigation services;Cleaning services;Accommodation cleaning services;Industrial cleaning services;Specialised cleaning services;Miscellaneous cleaning services;Office cleaning services;School cleaning services;Miscellaneous business and business-related services;Photographic and ancillary services;Packaging and related services;Secretarial and related services;Specialty design services;Collection agency services;Exhibition, fair and congress organisation services;Miscellaneous business-related services Dhaka | 17 Aug 2026 | 27 Aug 2026, 15:55 |
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