Consultancy Services for Clean Tourism AJK Programme by AJK Tourism & Archaeology Department

The AJK Tourism & Archaeology Department, Azad Govt. of the State of Jammu & Kashmir, invites professional and reputed consultant firms to provide consultancy services for the Clean Tourism AJK Programme. Firms must be registered with relevant government bodies or agencies and have demonstrated experience relevant to the assignment.

Consultant firms with expertise in solid waste management, environmental planning, tourism development, infrastructure planning and related fields are invited to apply. The selected consultant must possess multidisciplinary technical capacity and experience to conduct field surveys, prepare destination-wise waste management plans, develop preliminary designs and cost estimates, and formulate implementable proposals for the programme.

The bidding process will adopt the Least Cost based Selection Method (3-C) under the AJ&K Public Procurement of Consultancy Services Regulations, 2018. Bids must follow the Single Stage Two Envelope Procedure (36-b) under AJK PPRA Rules. Each bid must comprise one package containing two separate envelopes, with the technical proposal and financial proposal enclosed separately.

Bidding documents can be obtained from the Directorate General Tourism & Archaeology, Tourism Complex, Bank Square, Chatter, Muzaffarabad, from 22 October 2026 during office hours. The documents include the general description, detailed scope of work, terms of reference, evaluation criteria and other relevant information. The non-refundable document fee is Rs. 5,000, payable by bank draft or pay order in the name of DG Tourism & Archaeology, GoAJK.

Bidders must furnish a refundable CDR of Rs. 0.200 million with the financial bid in favour of the Director General Tourism & Archaeology. A bid submitted without this CDR will be treated as non-responsive.

Bids must be submitted by 6 November 2026 at 11:00 at the Committee Room, Kashmir House, Sector F-5/2, Islamabad. Bids will be opened at the same venue on the same date at 11:30 in the presence of bidders or their duly authorised representatives. The competent authority may cancel any or all tenders under AJ&K PPRA Rules.

Contact the department at Tourism Complex, Bank Square, Chatter, Muzaffarabad, by telephone at 05822-921421/921158/921317 or email at ajktourism@hotmail.com. The notice is also available at www.ppra.ajk.gov.pk.