Rehabilitation, Operation and Management of Five Public Libraries for Culture, Tourism and Archives Department Balochistan

The Culture, Tourism and Archives Department, Government of Balochistan, facilitated by the Balochistan Public-Private Partnership Authority (BPPPA), invites bids to rehabilitate, operate, maintain and manage five public libraries under a Public-Private Partnership. The concession period is 10 years on a Rehabilitate-Operate-Maintain-Transfer basis. The libraries are Kechi Baig Library at Faiz Abad, Sardar Attaullah Mengal Library at Sariab Road, and Shaheed Ibrahim Library at Hazara Town in Quetta; Pishin Public Library; and Muslim Bagh Public Library in Killa Saifullah. All five libraries constitute one package.

Bidders must meet the basic eligibility criteria in the Request for Proposal. Each bidder, and each member of a consortium, must be registered in Pakistan as a nonprofit organisation, company, trust or society, hold a valid National Tax Number from the Federal Board of Revenue, and be registered with the Balochistan Revenue Authority. Each must have a clean record, with no conflict of interest, blacklisting, failed or abandoned contract, or refusal to sign a contract during the last five years. Technical qualification requires compliance with the RFP requirements for financial soundness, bidder experience, methodology and work plan, and key professionals, with a minimum score of 70 marks.

Procurement will follow National Competitive Bidding using the single-stage, two-envelope procedure under the Balochistan Public Private Partnership Rules, 2026. Evaluation will be on a least-cost basis: the technically qualified bidder offering the lowest total financial bid in Form Fin 2 will be the best evaluated bidder. As the project originates from an unsolicited proposal, the original proponent has the right to match the best evaluated bid under the Balochistan Public-Private Partnership Act, 2025.

Submit one bid covering all five libraries, comprising one original technical proposal and one original financial proposal, five hard copies of each, and one soft copy of each on USB, together with the supporting documents required by the RFP. Proposals must use the standard RFP formats; proposals using other formats may be excluded from evaluation.

Bids must reach the BPPPA office at A-49, Jinnah Town, Quetta, Pakistan, by 11:00 AM PST on November 19, 2026. Technical proposals will be opened at the same address at 11:30 AM PST that day.

Bid security of PKR 1.5 million must be enclosed with the technical proposal as a bank guarantee, call deposit receipt, pay order or demand draft issued by a scheduled bank in Pakistan in favour of the Culture, Tourism and Archives Department, Government of Balochistan. Bids remain valid for 90 days, and the security must remain valid for 28 days beyond that period.

The advertisement and RFP can be downloaded from https://bpppa.gob.pk. Contact BPPPA at +92-81-2503098 or email ahsanullah@bpppa.gob.pk and faraz.syed@bpppa.gob.pk.