Construction and Rehabilitation of Roads by Highway Division Mandi Bahauddin

Highway Division Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab Highways Department, invites engineering firms and contractors to submit electronic bids for two road works in District Mandi Bahauddin.

The first work is construction of a 2.25 km road from Gujrat-Sargodha Road to Diloana Khurd via Abadi Chaudhary Muhammad Inayat Diloana. Its estimated cost is Rs. 48.544 million and earnest money is Rs. 2.428 million. The second work is rehabilitation of the 0.70 km road from Phalia-Dinga Road at Rasoolpur to Chak Jewan. Its estimated cost is Rs. 4.762 million and earnest money is Rs. 0.238 million. Both works have a completion period of eight months, up to 30 June 2027, and technical sanction reference 2525/DB dated 22 October 2026.

Participating firms must be registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council in the relevant categories and codes and hold a renewed PEC licence for financial year 2026-27. They must also register on the Punjab PPRA website, www.e.punjab.gov.pk. Registration information is available through ppra.punjab.gov.pk/e-procurement.

Bids and bid security must be submitted digitally through the Punjab e-Procurement System. Bid security equal to 5% of the estimated cost must be paid online through the system linked with the Bank of Punjab, in favour of the Executive Engineer, Highway Division Mandi Bahauddin, by 12:00 noon on 2 December 2026. Manual bids and physical banking instruments, including CDRs, pay orders and demand drafts, will not be accepted.

Verified hard copies of the firm's complete relevant documents and certificates must reach the Executive Engineer, Highway Division Mandi Bahauddin, at least one day before opening, by 1 December 2026. Contractors or authorised representatives may attend the office of the Superintending Engineer, Highways Circle Gujrat, on 2 December 2026 at 12:30 p.m., when responsive bids will be downloaded and quoted rates announced before the Tender Opening Committee.

Bidders must quote item rates, item totals and a grand total. Item rates will govern evaluation where totals differ materially. Percentage-above or percentage-below bids against the estimated cost will be treated as non-responsive.

The lowest evaluated bidder must furnish a performance guarantee of 10% of the accepted contract amount within 15 days of receiving the letter of intent, through the system-generated PSID linked with the Bank of Punjab. Recovery for old material will be adjusted manually during evaluation. Successful contractors must submit payment claims electronically through the Digital Measurement Book. The procuring agency may reject bids before acceptance under Clause 35 of the PPRA Rules.