ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) has decided to outsource four amenity plots reserved for health and education facilities.

Sources in the Ministry of Housing and FGEHA told Dawn that plots for a hospital, dispensaries and a school, located in sectors G-13 and G-14, would be outsourced to private firms under a joint venture model.

They said four such plots were currently available for a joint venture under the Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis.

An FGEHA official said that at a recent meeting of the FGEHA board, the issue was taken up and, after detailed deliberation, the board allowed FGEHA “to proceed with outsourcing the identified plots in sector G-13 and G-14, through a PPP/JV/Revenue Sharing/Profit Sharing/Rental mode on DBFOT basis for initial concession period of 20 years (extendable by 10 years).”

Sites reserved for health, education facilities to be offered under public-private partnership model

“The board further authorised the invitation of Expression of Interest (EOI), Request for Proposals (RFP) through open competitive bidding in accordance with applicable rules,” read the board decision.

The source said that before the decision, the matter had been discussed in detail by the board. The board was informed that 4,813 square yards had been earmarked for a hospital in G-14 Markaz, 4,813 square yards for a dispensary in G-14/3, 67 square yards for a dispensary in G-14/4 and 333 square yards for a school in G-14/3.

Another 1,838 square yards were located within populated and developing sectors and possessed “significant [potential] to provide essential social infrastructure while generating revenue for FGEHA.”

Sources said the board was further informed that, in order to “woo private investment, operational expertise, and modern educational/medical standards, it is proposed that these sites be developed under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)/Joint Venture Revenue Sharing/Profit Sharing/Rental agreement on DBFOT basis and under this agreement FGEHA will contribute land as equity while the selected private partner will be responsible for DBFOT of the facilities,” said a source.

FGEHA told the board that the proposed arrangements would include an initial concession/lease period of 20 years, extendable for another 10 years on existing modified terms at FGEHA’s discretion.

The board was told that during the concession period, the private partner would operate the facilities in accordance with the terms of the concession agreement.

“The private partner will bear all investment, construction, operational and maintenance costs while FGEHA retains the title of ownership of the land. Upon expiry of the concession period, the developed immovable infrastructure will revert to FGEHA,” FGEHA told the board.

“The financial model aims to secure a continuous risk-free revenue stream for FGEHA. The transaction structure may comprise a revenue-sharing model or any other suitable hybrid framework. Qualified partners will be invited through an open, transparent and competitive procurement process,” FGEHA pleaded its case.

Making the case for FGEHA, sources said the FGEHA director for joint ventures stated that the authority had so far handed over 13 school plots to the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) for the development of schools and colleges. However, he stated that FDE had utilised only two plots to date due to the non-provision of sufficient funds from the government exchequer.

Sources said that during the meeting, the CDA representative asked whether there was any fixed ratio for such amenity plots to be distributed between relevant government departments, such as the FDE or health departments, and the private sector.

The director for joint ventures responded, “The Executive Board, FGEHA has not fixed any rigid ratio, and allocation is determined on a need basis,” the board was told.

Sources said the FGEHA Executive Board approved the summary in principle and authorised FGEHA to proceed with outsourcing the four identified plots.

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2026