Construction of Fire Watch Towers at Dhap Chabak and Shiekh Buddin by D.I. Khan Forest Division

The Divisional Forest Officer, D.I. Khan Forest Division, invites electronic tenders through EPADS for construction of two fire watch towers under the project titled Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Sustainable Forest Fire Mitigation and Management System in Central Southern Forest Region-I. Procurement will follow the single-stage, single-envelope method on an above/below basis under KPPRA Rules 2014. Cost estimates are based on MRS-2024, first biannual.

The works comprise construction of a fire watch tower at Dhap Chabak, District D.I. Khan, with an estimated cost of Rs. 6 million, and construction of a fire watch tower at Shiekh Buddin, District D.I. Khan, with an estimated cost of Rs. 6 million. Both works belong to D.I. Khan Forest Division. Each work requires a 2% call deposit and has a completion period of three months.

Eligible contractors must be duly registered in the appropriate category with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority, sales tax and income tax authorities, and the Pakistan Engineering Council in category C-6 or above for 2025-26. The firm must also be a registered entity with KPRA under Rule 37A of KP-PPRA. Interested bidders must register on EPADS through https://kp.eprocure.gov.pk/#/supplier/registration.

Electronic bid solicitation documents can be downloaded from EPADS. Bids must be stamped and signed by an authorized representative of the firm before uploading. Electronic bids must be submitted through EPADS by 17 November 2026 at 11:30 AM. Bids will be opened on the same day at 12:00 noon.

A 2% bid security in the form of a CDR from a scheduled bank of Pakistan, payable to the Divisional Forest Officer D.I. Khan, must be submitted before the closing date and time in a sealed envelope marked Bid Security. All applicable federal and provincial duties, stamp duty and taxes, including KPRA taxes, will be recoverable according to government directives.

Disfiguring, overwriting or manipulation of the uploaded tender or bill of quantities may result in rejection. Incomplete, conditional, late or manual bids will not be accepted. Other terms and conditions are contained in the bidding documents. The competent authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders with cogent reasons under KPPRA Rules.

The issuing office is the Divisional Forest Officer, D.I. Khan, Forest Division Bunglow No. 20, Allama Iqbal Road, D.I. Khan Cantt. Telephone: 0966-9280181.