Working with ADB
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions for Consultants
- How can I become an ADB transaction advisory services consultant?
- How can I become an individual ADB consultant?
- How can my company consult for ADB?
- How can NGOs become consultants or contractors?
- How can we improve our chances of securing an ADB-funded contract?
- How do I register as a payee and receive payment for non-purchase order warranted transactions with ADB?
- How do I use the Consultant Management System (CMS)?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- How to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for a consulting assignment?
- How will my company know the status of our consulting proposal?
- If I am not shortlisted for a consulting contract, will I be informed and am I entitled to feedback?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What does it mean to be debarred by ADB?
- What is ADB technical assistance (TA)?
- What is the Consultant Management System?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- Where are the business opportunities in the ADB project cycle?
- Where can I find a list of shortlisted consulting firms?
- Where can I find ADB's standard bidding documents?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook
Procedures and Guidance
- Cost Estimation in Sovereign Operations: Technical Guidance Note
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Problem Solving: Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
Documents and Forms
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- How can I become an ADB supplier? (corporate procurement)
- How can NGOs become consultants or contractors?
- How can we improve our chances of securing an ADB-funded contract?
- How do I register as a payee and receive payment for non-purchase order warranted transactions with ADB?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are the eligibility requirements for subcontractors working for contractors on ADB-financed projects?
- What are the main eligibility requirements for bidding for contracts under ADB-financed projects?
- What bidding procedures are used by ADB-financed projects?
- What does it mean to be debarred by ADB?
- What is ADB technical assistance (TA)?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- When and how are bidders informed about the awarding of the contract?
- Where are the business opportunities in the ADB project cycle?
- Where can I find ADB's standard bidding documents?
- Where can I find current tenders or bidding opportunities?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Procurement Guidelines (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
Procedures and Guidance
Documents and Forms
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- Do we need to come to ADB in Manila to finalize a cofinancing deal or can it be done remotely?
- Do you have examples of successful ADB-supported public-private partnerships?
- Does my executing/implementing agency have the staff and capability to work with ADB?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- How does ADB support public-private partnerships (PPPs)?
- How does cofinancing work at ADB?
- My government is interested in cofinancing with ADB, what’s the process?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are ADB’s main financial products for the public sector?
- What are ADB’s transaction advisory services?
- What are the main cofinancing options with ADB?
- What is ADB technical assistance (TA)?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- What’s the difference between joint cofinancing and parallel cofinancing?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
- Where can I get data on ADB’s cofinancing operations?
- Which countries does ADB lend to?
- Who does ADB cofinance with?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Loan Disbursement Handbook 2022
- Procurement Guidelines (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook
Procedures and Guidance
- ADB-Agence Française de Développement Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Economic Development Cooperation Fund Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Islamic Development Bank Partnership and Cofinancing Guide
- Cost Estimation in Sovereign Operations: Technical Guidance Note
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guide to the Client Portal for Disbursements
- Guidelines for Conversion of Loan Terms for ADB LIBOR-Based Loans
- Guidelines for Conversion of Loan Terms for ADB's Flexible Loan Product
- Handbook for Developing Joint Crediting Mechanism Projects
- Joint Crediting Mechanism: An Emerging Bilateral Crediting Mechanism
- Overview of ADB’s Flexible Loan Product for Sovereign and Sovereign-Guaranteed Borrowers
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Handbook
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
- The Asian Development Bank's Flexible Loan Product
Documents and Forms
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- Does my executing/implementing agency have the staff and capability to work with ADB?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are ADB’s main financial products for the public sector?
- What is ADB technical assistance (TA)?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Loan Disbursement Handbook 2022
- Procurement Guidelines (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook
Procedures and Guidance
- Cost Estimation in Sovereign Operations: Technical Guidance Note
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Note on Financial Proposal Evaluation (for Loans/Grants and TAs)
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guide on Bid Evaluation
- Guide to the Client Portal for Disbursements
- Problem Solving: Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
Documents and Forms
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- Do we need to come to ADB in Manila to finalize a cofinancing deal or can it be done remotely?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- How does cofinancing work at ADB?
- My government is interested in cofinancing with ADB, what’s the process?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are the main cofinancing options with ADB?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- What’s the difference between joint cofinancing and parallel cofinancing?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
- Where can I get data on ADB’s cofinancing operations?
- Who does ADB cofinance with?
Policies and Regulations
Procedures and Guidance
- ADB-Agence Française de Développement Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Economic Development Cooperation Fund Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Islamic Development Bank Partnership and Cofinancing Guide
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
Documents and Forms
No items yet under this category.
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- Do we need to come to ADB in Manila to finalize a cofinancing deal or can it be done remotely?
- Do you have examples of successful ADB-supported public-private partnerships?
- How does a bank access the revolving credit facility under ADB's Trade Finance Program?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- How does ADB support public-private partnerships (PPPs)?
- How does ADB work with the private sector?
- How does cofinancing work at ADB?
- I’m a private sector donor, how can I contribute to ADB projects?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are ADB’s transaction advisory services?
- What are the areas currently covered by ADB’s private sector operations?
- What are the main cofinancing options with ADB?
- What are the main stages of the project approval process for ADB’s private sector operations?
- What is the Trade Finance Program's Risk Participation Agreement?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- What’s the difference between joint cofinancing and parallel cofinancing?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
- Where can I get data on ADB’s cofinancing operations?
- Which countries does ADB lend to?
- Who does ADB cofinance with?
Policies and Regulations
Procedures and Guidance
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Joint Crediting Mechanism: An Emerging Bilateral Crediting Mechanism
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Handbook
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
Documents and Forms
No items yet under this category.
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- How can NGOs become consultants or contractors?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are the main eligibility requirements for bidding for contracts under ADB-financed projects?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- Where are the business opportunities in the ADB project cycle?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Procurement Guidelines (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
Procedures and Guidance
- Compliance Review: A Guide to the Compliance Review Process and Filing a Request for Compliance Review
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Problem Solving: Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
- Working with ADB: A Primer for Identifying Business Opportunities for NGOs
Documents and Forms
No items yet under this category.
How-Tos
- Can you provide a guide to all those ADB acronyms?
- COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions for Consultants
- Do we need to come to ADB in Manila to finalize a cofinancing deal or can it be done remotely?
- Do you have examples of successful ADB-supported public-private partnerships?
- Does my executing/implementing agency have the staff and capability to work with ADB?
- How can I become an ADB supplier? (corporate procurement)
- How can I become an ADB transaction advisory services consultant?
- How can I become an individual ADB consultant?
- How can my company consult for ADB?
- How can NGOs become consultants or contractors?
- How can we improve our chances of securing an ADB-funded contract?
- How do I register as a payee and receive payment for non-purchase order warranted transactions with ADB?
- How do I use the Consultant Management System (CMS)?
- How does a bank access the revolving credit facility under ADB's Trade Finance Program?
- How does ADB safeguard the integrity of its activities?
- How does ADB support public-private partnerships (PPPs)?
- How does ADB work with the private sector?
- How does cofinancing work at ADB?
- How to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for a consulting assignment?
- How will my company know the status of our consulting proposal?
- If I am not shortlisted for a consulting contract, will I be informed and am I entitled to feedback?
- I’m a private sector donor, how can I contribute to ADB projects?
- My government is interested in cofinancing with ADB, what’s the process?
- What are ADB’s departments and offices?
- What are ADB’s main financial products for the public sector?
- What are ADB’s transaction advisory services?
- What are the areas currently covered by ADB’s private sector operations?
- What are the eligibility requirements for subcontractors working for contractors on ADB-financed projects?
- What are the main cofinancing options with ADB?
- What are the main eligibility requirements for bidding for contracts under ADB-financed projects?
- What are the main stages of the project approval process for ADB’s private sector operations?
- What bidding procedures are used by ADB-financed projects?
- What does it mean to be debarred by ADB?
- What is ADB technical assistance (TA)?
- What is the Consultant Management System?
- What is the Trade Finance Program's Risk Participation Agreement?
- What principles guide ADB’s procurement?
- What’s the difference between joint cofinancing and parallel cofinancing?
- When and how are bidders informed about the awarding of the contract?
- Where are the business opportunities in the ADB project cycle?
- Where can I find a list of shortlisted consulting firms?
- Where can I find ADB's standard bidding documents?
- Where can I find current tenders or bidding opportunities?
- Where can I get data on ADB projects and countries?
- Where can I get data on ADB’s cofinancing operations?
- Which countries does ADB lend to?
- Who does ADB cofinance with?
Policies and Regulations
- ADB Procurement Policy (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and Its Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Integrity Principles and Guidelines (2015)
- Loan Disbursement Handbook 2022
- Procurement Guidelines (for projects with concept papers approved before 1 July 2017 )
- Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Technical Assistance Disbursement Handbook
Procedures and Guidance
- ADB-Agence Française de Développement Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Economic Development Cooperation Fund Cofinancing Guide
- Asian Development Bank-Islamic Development Bank Partnership and Cofinancing Guide
- Compliance Review: A Guide to the Compliance Review Process and Filing a Request for Compliance Review
- Cost Estimation in Sovereign Operations: Technical Guidance Note
- Glossary of Terms: Sovereign and Non-Sovereign Operations
- Guidance Note on Financial Proposal Evaluation (for Loans/Grants and TAs)
- Guidance Notes on Procurement (for projects with concept papers approved on or after 1 July 2017 )
- Guide on Bid Evaluation
- Guide to the Client Portal for Disbursements
- Guidelines for Conversion of Loan Terms for ADB LIBOR-Based Loans
- Guidelines for Conversion of Loan Terms for ADB's Flexible Loan Product
- Handbook for Developing Joint Crediting Mechanism Projects
- Joint Crediting Mechanism: An Emerging Bilateral Crediting Mechanism
- Overview of ADB’s Flexible Loan Product for Sovereign and Sovereign-Guaranteed Borrowers
- Problem Solving: Guidebook for ADB-Assisted Projects
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Handbook
- Summary of ADB Financial Instruments and Approval Procedures
- The Asian Development Bank's Flexible Loan Product
- Working with ADB: A Primer for Identifying Business Opportunities for NGOs
Documents and Forms
- Guidance on Shopping Method of Procurement
- Request for Quotations
- Standard Bidding Documents and User’s Guide to Procurement of Goods
- Standard Bidding Documents and User’s Guide to Procurement of Works – Small Contracts
- User Guide for Design–Build–Operate Contracts for Water and Wastewater Greenfield Infrastructure Projects
- User Guide for Procurement of Information Technology Products and Services
- User's Guide on the Selection of Consulting Services for Borrowers
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