Appointment of a Consultant Firm for Payment Instruments and Financial Operations Evaluation by Sindh Mass Transit Authority

Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA), Government of Sindh, invites proposals for the appointment of a consultant or advisory firm to evaluate payment instruments and related financial operations. The procurement comprises one consultancy assignment. The scope of work and terms of reference are contained in the Request for Proposal documents.

The procurement will be conducted through the SPPRA EPADS system under the Sindh Public Procurement Rules, 2010, as amended, using national competitive bidding and a single-stage, two-envelope procedure. Consultancy firms must be registered with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the Sindh Revenue Board (SRB). Only technically qualified firms will proceed to financial proposal opening, and those firms will be informed of the financial opening date and time separately.

RFP documents can be obtained from 27 October 2026 to 13 November 2026 and downloaded through SPPRA EPADS. The document fee is Rs. 5,000. The required bid security is Rs. 300,000. The document fee and bid security must be furnished in the required form through a scheduled bank. Conditional proposals and proposals without the required bid security amount or form will be rejected.

The proposal submission deadline is 13 November 2026 at 23:00. Technical proposals are scheduled to open on the same date at 23:30. Submission is through the SPPRA EPADS system.

A pre-bid meeting will be held on 4 November 2026 in the SMTA meeting room. If the scheduled day is a holiday, the proceedings will take place on the next working day. SMTA reserves the right to reject proposals in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Sindh Public Procurement Rules, 2010, as amended.

The authority's office is at 43/1-1, Shahrah-e-Ghalib, Block 2, Karachi. The contact telephone number is 021-99332207-8.