Resurfacing of Green Bus Routes and Urban Drainage Works by PWD Highways Division Muzaffarabad

PWD Highways Division Muzaffarabad, C&W Department, Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, invites electronic bids for five works under AJK PPRA Rule 36(a), using the single-stage, single-envelope procedure. Each work has a completion period of 100 days.

Work 1 comprises resurfacing/reconditioning of Green Bus routes, Part I: Mahajor Camp Raru to Police Station Chatter, 3.31 km, and internal city link roads, 7.25 km, totaling 10.56 km. The estimated cost is Rs. 333.380 million and bid security is Rs. 10.000 million. Work 2 comprises Police Station Chatter via Western Bypass Gojra to MP Check Post/Dhani on Main Neelum Valley Road, Part II, 6.69 km. The estimated cost is Rs. 279.311 million and bid security is Rs. 8.379 million.

Work 3 comprises Chatter Chowk via Bank Road to Chela Chowk, 5.13 km, and Tanga Stand link road, Civil Hospital Road and Jail Road, 1.006 km, totaling 6.136 km, Part I. The estimated cost is Rs. 294.652 million and bid security is Rs. 8.840 million. Work 4 comprises Alamdar Chowk Ghari Pan to Red Fort via Eastern Bypass, 6.07 km; internal link roads at PM House and Officer Colony Jalalabad, 2.62 km; Dhani Khagran link road, 1.50 km; and Dhani Sundgran link road, 0.50 km, totaling 10.69 km, Part II. The estimated cost is Rs. 366.275 million and bid security is Rs. 10.988 million. Work 5 is the Urban Drainage and Flood Protection Programme for Muzaffarabad city, estimated at Rs. 211.632 million, with bid security of Rs. 6.340 million.

Eligible contractors must hold Pakistan Engineering Council category C-3 or above with specialization CE-01 and C&W Department endorsement for FY 2026-27. Joint ventures require prior employer approval. Blacklisted firms cannot participate; bidders must furnish an affidavit or certificate concerning blacklisting and conflict with government. A minimum bank balance of Rs. 50 million must be maintained from bid submission until award, supported by a bank statement or balance certificate.

New bidders must obtain login details from the IT Section, Office of the Chief Engineer PWD Highways, H-Block, DHQ Muzaffarabad. Existing registered bidders may use their departmental credentials. Documents and instructions are downloadable from the contractor dashboard. Upload the signed and stamped Letter of Bid, qualification documents, PDF technical profile and receipt proving bid-security deposit into a designated Divisional Joint Account at Habib Metropolitan Bank Domel, Askari Bank Upper Adda, JS Bank Bank Road, United Bank Main Bazar Chattar or Faysal Bank IBB Bank Road, Muzaffarabad.

Electronic bids are due and open on 12 November 2026 at 11:30 AM. Comparative statements will be visible electronically to bidders, representatives and the opening committee. Rates must be quoted above, below or at par, evaluated to two decimal places. Bids more than 10% below the engineering estimate require additional security equal to the estimate-to-bid difference, with its copy uploaded and sealed original CDR delivered to the Executive Engineer’s office at opening. Technical and financial bid hard copies are not to be submitted; a separate condition requires complete document hard copies and warns of disqualification and a two-year ban for noncompliance or incorrect information.

Successful bidders must mobilize within seven days of acceptance. Internet or electricity disruption shifts opening to the next day with a one-hour time difference. Contact Engr. Sohail Qayyum Qureshi, Executive Engineer, at 05822-920020.