Hiring of Event and Training Management Firm for PIU Punjab Clean Air Program

The Program Implementation Unit - Punjab Clean Air Program (PIU-PCAP), Transport & Masstransit Department, Government of the Punjab, invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for event and training management services under a time-based framework contract. The services are detailed in Section VII, Employer's Requirements, of the bidding document. The procurement forms part of the Punjab Clean Air Program's IPF Component, project P508222, supported by World Bank International Development Association financing under Credit No. IDA-77350. The Request for Bids reference is PK-T&MD PIU-576351-NC-RFB.

Bidding will follow national competitive procurement through a single-stage, two-envelope Request for Bids process under the World Bank's Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Fifth Edition, September 2023. Participation is open to all eligible bidders as defined in those regulations.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain information and clarification from the PIU-PCAP office during office hours, 09:00 to 17:00. The English-language bidding document is available free of cost upon submission of a written application to the Program Coordinator's office or by email to pms.pcap@gmail.com. The document will be sent by email.

Bids must be delivered to the Program Coordinator, Program Implementation Unit, Punjab Clean Air Program, House No. 65-A Block, New Garden Town, Lahore, Pakistan, by 11:00 PST on November 16, 2026. Electronic bidding is not permitted, and late bids will be rejected. Outer envelopes marked ORIGINAL BID and inner envelopes marked TECHNICAL PART will be publicly opened at the same address at 11:30 PST on November 16, 2026, in the presence of bidders' designated representatives and anyone choosing to attend. FINANCIAL PART envelopes will remain unopened in the employer's safe custody until the second public bid opening.

Each bid must include security of PKR 4,300,000 in the form of an unconditional bank guarantee, call deposit receipt or pay order issued by a scheduled bank in Pakistan, in favour of the Program Coordinator, PIU-PCAP. The security must remain valid for 28 days beyond the original bid validity period. A Bid-Securing Declaration will not be accepted.

The successful bidder's beneficial ownership information must be disclosed as part of the Contract Award Notice using the form included in the bidding document. Contact the Program Coordinator at +92-42-99231547 or pms.pcap@gmail.com. The department's website is https://transport.punjab.gov.pk.