Hiring of Transport and Logistics Firm for Textbook Transportation Across Punjab by PMIU-PESRP

The Programme Monitoring & Implementation Unit (PMIU), Punjab Education Sector Reform Programme (PESRP), School Education Department, invites electronic bids from registered transport and logistics firms for transporting textbooks to public schools before the start of the new academic session. The books will be available at the Central Warehouse in Lahore and must be transported to 131 Tehsil Warehouses throughout Punjab.

The assignment covers approximately 24.59 million free textbooks and other reading material. Around 600 to 650 containerized trucks with loading capacities of 30 tons, 25 tons, 12.5 tons and 8 tons, depending on requirements, and equipped with tracking systems will be required. Loading at the Central Warehouse, located at 35-KM, Nabi Bakhsh, Ferozpur Road, Lahore, or anywhere within Lahore district, and unloading at the Tehsil Warehouses will be the logistics firm's responsibility.

Eligible firms must own at least 50 containerized trucks, subject to verification by the Excise and Taxation Department, and must have the capacity to transport textbooks to the designated locations throughout Punjab. Selection will follow the single-stage, two-envelope bidding procedure under the Punjab Procurement Rules, 2014, using the eligibility and evaluation criteria in the bidding document. The initial contract period is one year and may be extended by mutual consent, subject to satisfactory performance.

The complete bidding document will be available electronically through the Punjab e-Procurement System as prescribed by PPRA and may also be accessible through the PMIU-PESRP website, as applicable. Further information can be obtained from the Programme Director's office at Link Wahdat Road, near Government Pilot Higher Secondary School, Lahore, between 09:00 and 17:00, Monday to Friday. The procurement website is https://pesrp.edu.pk/procurement, and the contact telephone number is 042-99260124-5.

The estimated cost is around Rs. 60.00 million. Bid security of 2% of the estimated cost, amounting to Rs. 1,200,000, must be furnished as a CDR from a scheduled bank in favour of Programme Director, PMIU-PESRP, and attached or uploaded with the technical bid through the Punjab e-Procurement System.

Bids must be submitted through EPADS-Punjab in the prescribed manner before 11:00 a.m. on November 23, 2026. Only bids submitted through EPADS-Punjab will be accepted. Bidding documents will be publicly opened on the same day at 11:30 a.m. in the presence of interested companies or firms, or their authorized representatives, who wish to attend. The response period will be calculated exclusively from the advertisement's publication date on the PPRA website.