Hiring of Industry Training Partners for Advance Technology Program Round III by Punjab Skills Development Fund

Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) invites bids for hiring industry training partners to deliver training services under the Advance Technology Program, Round III. The procurement reference is 143/PSDF/ADT. The contract tenure is one year, extendable for further terms. The estimated procurement cost is Rs. 319.8 million, equivalent to three hundred nineteen million and eight hundred thousand rupees.

PSDF is a not-for-profit company established in 2010 by the Government of Punjab. Well-reputed, experienced and tax-registered bidders are invited to participate. Procurement will follow the single-stage, two-envelope bidding procedure and will be governed strictly by the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014 through national competitive bidding.

Interested bidders can obtain the bidding documents, including evaluation criteria and terms and conditions, through the Punjab e-Procurement System. Further details, bidding documents and terms of reference are also available through the PSDF website at www.psdf.org.pk and the Punjab PPRA website at www.ppra.punjab.gov.pk. Bidders should consult these documents for the requirements applicable to the training services and the preparation of their proposals.

Bids must be submitted through the Punjab e-Procurement System by November 30, 2026, at 3:00 PM. Only bids submitted through this system will be accepted. Submissions made by other means will be rejected, and late bids will also be rejected.

Technical bids will be opened on November 30, 2026, at 3:30 PM at the PSDF office address below. Bidders' representatives may attend the opening. If the submission day is an official holiday, the next day will be treated as the closing date, with the closing and opening times remaining unchanged.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on November 20, 2026, at 11:00 AM through Microsoft Teams. The response period will be calculated exclusively from publication of the advertisement on the PPRA website.

The procuring office is the Procurement Department, Punjab Skills Development Fund, 21-A, H-Block, Dr. Mateen Fatima Road, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan. Contact PSDF at UAN 042-111-11-PSDF (7733) or toll-free 0800-48627 (HUNAR).