Framework Contract for Category-II (B) Medical Facilities for WASA Lahore Employees in Seven Towns

Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Lahore re-invites bids for a three-year framework contract to provide Category-II (B) medical facilities to its employees under Punjab Procurement Rules 2014. Professionally and financially sound, well-reputed hospitals and medical institutes registered on the Punjab e-Procurement System, with the Health Department and with FBR for NTN, are eligible to participate. Bidders must have at least one branch within the jurisdiction of each town lot offered, covering the entire town jurisdiction of WASA Lahore and providing convenient access for WASA patients.

The seven town-wise lots are Allama Iqbal Town, Gulberg Town, Ravi Town, Shalamar Town, Jubilee Town, Wagha Town and Aziz Bhatti Town. Each lot has an estimated cost of Rs. 18 million and e-bid security of Rs. 0.36 million.

Procurement will be conducted through the Punjab e-Procurement System using the single-stage, two-envelope procedure. Registered bidders can obtain bidding documents, detailed requirements and terms and conditions through https://ep.punjab.gov.pk/ and the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority website at http://ppra.punjab.gov.pk. Tender information is also accessible at https://eproc.punjab.gov.pk/ViewTender.aspx. The response period is calculated exclusively from the date the advertisement is published on the PPRA website.

Bids prepared according to the bidding documents must be submitted through the Punjab e-Procurement System by 11:00 AM on 30 November 2026. Technical bids will be opened on the same system at 11:30 AM that day. Hard copies will not be accepted. Only technically responsive bidders will qualify for financial bid opening; financial bids of technically non-responsive bidders will remain unopened on the system.

Digital bid security must equal 2% of the estimated cost, amounting to Rs. 360,000 for each lot, in favour of WASA Lahore and verifiable through the Punjab e-Procurement System. Bidders must submit bids using a PIN code through the system and quote rates against every entry or item in the DNIT/BOQs in their financial bids. Bids will remain valid for 120 days.

Unreadable or virus-containing electronic bid records will be rejected under Regulation 4(9) of PPRA Regulations 2024. Conditional tenders and submissions by telegraph or post will not be accepted. The procuring agency may reject all bids before acceptance under Rule 35 of Punjab Procurement Rules 2014. If the submission and opening date falls on an official holiday, the next working day will apply. The issuing officer is the Director Procurement & Stores, WASA, Lahore.