Hiring of Testing Agency for Recruitment in Punjab Provincial Transport Authority by Transport & Mass Transit Department

The Transport & Mass Transit Department invites eligible, reputed firms and testing agencies to provide testing services for recruitment of staff for the Punjab Provincial Transport Authority, Lahore. The assignment is intended to engage human resources through an efficient, transparent, merit-based, fair and reliable recruitment process.

Applicants must be registered on the Punjab E-Procurement System and the PPRA website. They must hold valid registration with the Sales Tax and Income Tax departments and possess sufficient managerial, technical and financial capabilities. The firm must be on the Federal Board of Revenue's active taxpayer list and registered with the Punjab Revenue Authority as an active taxpayer. Applicants must not be blacklisted by the authority or debarred from any dealings with a public or private institution. Interested firms must comply with the evaluation criteria in the bidding documents. Applicants that do not meet the minimum requirements will not be considered.

The assignment covers hiring a testing agency for recruitment of staff. The expected collection of registration fees is Rs. 110,920,000. The required bid security is 2% of this expected collection, amounting to Rs. 2,218,400.

The tender notice and bidding documents are available through the Punjab E-Procurement System, the PPRA website and the Transport & Mass Transit Department website. Bidding documents must be submitted through e-PADS by 25 November 2026 at 11:00 am. Bids will be opened through e-PADS on the same date at 11:30 am in the Committee Room of the Transport & Mass Transit Department, Lahore, in the presence of applicants or their authorized representatives who choose to attend.

Bid security must be submitted exclusively as a digital bank guarantee through the Punjab e-Procurement System. Bidders must generate the PSID from the e-Procurement Portal and arrange for a scheduled bank to issue and transmit the guarantee in favour of the Deputy Secretary (Admn.), Transport & Mass Transit Department. Physical bid securities, including CDRs, pay orders and demand drafts, will not be accepted. Bids without a valid digital bank guarantee will be rejected. The issuing bank must transmit the guarantee to the designated advisory bank using the correct tender reference number and PSID.

The single-stage, two-envelope method will apply, and financial bids will be evaluated on a least-cost basis. Manual applications will not be accepted. If the scheduled day is a holiday, bidding will take place on the next working day at the same place and time. The posts and vacancy registration fees are listed in Annex-A. Contact the Deputy Secretary (Admn.), Transport & Mass Transit Department, 11-A Edgerton Road, Lahore, telephone 042-99200504.