Procurement of Global IT Product Skills Training Services by Punjab Information Technology Board

Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), Government of the Punjab, invites bids for training services for skills enhancement in global IT products under the Global IT Products' Skills Enhancement Program (ITOSL-02). The procurement comprises five lots, eight training streams and 41 courses, covering an indicative 7,290 trainees. The total estimated cost is Rs. 1,215,720,000.

Lot 1 comprises four Microsoft streams. Microsoft Azure covers 1,170 trainees at an estimated cost of Rs. 196,560,000: Azure Administrator, Azure Cloud Developer, Azure Solutions Architect, Azure AI Engineer / AI Apps and Agents, Azure Databricks / Data Engineering, and Cloud and AI Security Engineer. Microsoft Cloud covers 1,170 trainees at Rs. 197,730,000: Microsoft Identity and Access / Entra, Microsoft 365 Administrator, and Cloud and AI Security. Microsoft Dynamics 365 covers 720 trainees at Rs. 113,040,000: Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, Sales, Customer Service, Business Central, and Finance and Operations Developer. Microsoft Fabric covers 720 trainees at Rs. 112,680,000: Fabric Data Engineering, Fabric Analytics Engineering, Power BI Data Analyst, Fabric Data Science, and Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Lot 1 bid security is Rs. 12,400,200.

Lot 2, AWS Developer, covers 1,170 trainees at an estimated cost of Rs. 198,315,000, with bid security of Rs. 3,966,300. Courses are AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Data Engineer – Associate, and AWS Machine Learning Engineer – Associate.

Lot 3, Google Cloud, covers 1,170 trainees at an estimated cost of Rs. 198,900,000, with bid security of Rs. 3,978,000. Courses are Associate Cloud Engineer, Professional Cloud Developer, Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Data Engineer, and Professional Machine Learning Engineer.

Lot 4, Red Hat Linux, covers 720 trainees at an estimated cost of Rs. 110,520,000, with bid security of Rs. 2,210,400. Courses are RHCSA – Red Hat Certified System Administrator, RHCE – Red Hat Certified Engineer, Red Hat OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Linux Automation with Ansible, and OpenShift Advanced Administration.

Lot 5, SAP, covers 450 trainees at an estimated cost of Rs. 87,975,000, with bid security of Rs. 1,759,500. Courses are SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Finance, SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Supply Chain, SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Sourcing and Procurement, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP Analytics Cloud.

Procurement will follow the Punjab Procurement Rules, 2014, using the single-stage, two-envelope procedure. Tender documents may be downloaded free of cost from www.pitb.gov.pk and www.ppra.punjab.gov.pk. Income/Sales Tax registration certificates and other documents required by the tender documents must accompany bids.

Separate technical and financial bids, duly completed, signed and stamped, must be submitted online through https://ep.punjab.gov.pk by 11:00 on 23 November 2026. Bids will open at 11:30 the same day. Bidders must register on the Punjab E-Procurement System; registration assistance is available at 1248. Upload bids well before the deadline. Uploading is entirely the bidder's responsibility, and PITB will not be responsible for upload-related issues. Incomplete, unsigned, unstamped, late or alternatively submitted bids will not be considered.

PITB may reject all bids or proposals before acceptance under Rule 35. Contact the Director (Development and Procurement), Punjab Information Technology Board, 11th Floor, Arfa Software Technology Park, 346-B, Ferozepur Road, Lahore; telephone (042) 99000000.