AMIS Pakistan Website Modernization and MSSQL Server Licences for Directorate of Agriculture Punjab

The Project Director, SAMIS Project, Directorate of Agriculture (Economics & Marketing), Punjab, invites electronic bids for software procurement under the ADP project titled Strengthening Agricultural Marketing Information Service (SAMIS) Project. The procurement is funded through the Purchase Software budget head A09202.

Lot 1 comprises one modernization assignment for the AMIS Pakistan website, amis.pk. Its scope includes ASP.NET Core migration, homepage and master layout redesign, CSS refresh, HTTPS configuration and regression testing. The estimated cost is Rs. 1.5 million. Lot 2 comprises one MSSQL Server Standard 2025 licence for four cores, with an estimated cost of Rs. 2.5 million.

The bidding process will be conducted through the Punjab e-Procurement System (PEPS), approved by the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority, together with applicable amendments. Bidders must be registered with PEPS and submit their electronic bids through the system using the PDF Upload method. The procurement will follow open competitive bidding through the single-stage, two-envelope procedure under Rule 38(2)(a) of the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014.

Interested bidders may download the bidding documents through PEPS or from https://ppra.punjab.gov.pk/ without payment of a tender fee. Complete bids, together with all required documents, must be submitted through PEPS by 30 November 2026 at 10:30 AM.

Bids will be opened electronically on the same day at 11:00 AM in the Committee Room of the Directorate of Agriculture (Economics & Marketing), Punjab, 21 Davis Road, Lahore. Bidders or their authorized representatives may attend with a valid authority letter. If the opening date is declared a public holiday by the Government or becomes a non-working day for any reason, electronic bids will be opened on the next working day at the same time.

Bid security must be submitted electronically through PEPS at 2% of the relevant estimated cost. Physical financial instruments, including Call Deposit Receipts, Pay Orders and Bank Guarantees, will not be accepted. Only bid securities submitted electronically through registered PEPS will be considered valid.

The active-tender website is http://eproc.punjab.gov.pk/activetenders.aspx. The response period will be calculated from the date the advertisement is published on the Authority's website. Contact the Project Director, SAMIS Project, at 21 Davis Road, Lahore, on 042-36303935 or 042-36287721.