Printing and Lamination of 41 Million Textbook and Practical Notebook Title Covers for PECTAA Lahore

Punjab Education Curriculum Training & Assessment Authority (PECTAA), Lahore, invites electronic bids for printing and lamination of title covers for single textbooks and practical notebooks through a framework contract for academic session 2027-28. The approximate quantity is 41 million title covers, with a total estimated price of Rs. 587 million.

Eligible printers, publishers, firms, companies, joint ventures, consortiums, associations of persons and sole proprietors must be registered with the Income Tax and Sales Tax Departments and possess adequate experience in the relevant field. Procurement will follow the single-stage, two-envelope procedure under the Punjab Procurement Rules, 2014, as amended.

The title covers are divided into two categories: covers for Tarjuma-tul-Quran-ul-Majeed and covers for all other textbooks. The first category is subject to a restriction on participation or association by non-Muslims, as defined under Article 260 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, including participation as a lead partner or member of a joint venture or consortium.

Bidding documents and detailed terms are available on the PPRA, PECTAA and Punjab e-Procurement System websites. The PPRA tender listing address is https://eproc.punjab.gov.pk/ActiveTenders.aspx. Technical and financial bids must be submitted online through the Punjab e-Procurement System only. Bids submitted through other means will not be accepted. Bidders should upload their bids well before the deadline rather than wait until the last date and time.

The submission deadline is Thursday, 19 November 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Technical bids will be opened through the Punjab e-Procurement System that day at 12:00 noon. Bid security equal to 2% of the estimated price must be deposited electronically through the system before the submission deadline. Bids without the prescribed security will be treated as non-responsive.

Coated bleached board/art paper samples and the original instrument for the associated testing fee must be deposited physically in the tender box at the Committee Room, PECTAA Office, Link Wahdat Road, Lahore, before the bid submission deadline. Late samples and testing-fee instruments will not be entertained. Technical evaluation will include physical and documentary inspection. Financial bids of technically qualified bidders will subsequently be opened at a notified time, date and venue.

A pre-bid meeting will be held at the same Committee Room on Thursday, 12 November 2026, at 11:30 a.m. Rates must include all costs and applicable taxes, with supply to the designated PECTAA godown in Lahore. Bids will remain valid for 90 days from technical bid opening. If the submission or opening day is an official holiday, the next day will apply to physical submissions and bid opening.

Contact the Director Procurement, PECTAA, adjacent to Pilot School, Link Wahdat Road, Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore, at 042-99260144.