Manufacturing and Supply of RCC Manhole Covers and Precast Ring Slabs for Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation

The Office of the Procurement Committee (Manhole Covers & Ring Slabs), Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation (KW&SC), invites electronic bids through SPPRA Sindh’s EPADS portal under the single-stage, one-envelope procedure and SPP Rules 2010, as amended.

Two works are offered. The first is centralized manufacturing and provision of RCC manhole covers at the C.O.D. Filter Plant casting yard for distribution and fixing over open manholes in Zones I, II, III and IV, KW&SC. Its estimated cost is Rs. 214,843,720, bid security is Rs. 10.7 million, and tender fee is Rs. 10,000. The second is centralized manufacturing and provision of precast RCC ring slabs at the same casting yard for distribution and fixing in towns of Zones I, II, III and IV, KW&SC. Its estimated cost is Rs. 112,570,050, bid security is Rs. 5.6 million, and tender fee is Rs. 10,000. Both require PEC category C-4 or above with specialization CE-09/10. Covers and slabs will replace broken manholes and cover open manholes to protect residents and maintain smooth sewage flow.

Bidders must hold valid Sindh Revenue Board and Federal Board of Revenue registrations, active taxpayer status, valid Pakistan Engineering Council registration in the relevant category and specialization, and a GST certificate. They must demonstrate five completed similar works during July 2023 to June 2026, including one costing at least 80% of the relevant estimated cost or two costing at least 50% each. Submit income tax returns for three years, financial audit reports for five years, and evidence of average annual turnover at least equal to the estimated cost during the last five years. Provide machinery ownership or rental details, professional engineer and technical staff details, a company profile, and complete bidding documents through EPADS. Firms must have more than two years’ concrete-casting project or running concrete-mix-plant experience. Joint ventures are prohibited.

Bidding documents are downloadable from http://portalsindh.eprocurement.gov.pk. Electronic bids may be submitted from the hosting date until 18 November 2026 at 2:00 PM. Bids will be opened on 18 November 2026 at 2:30 PM at the Accounts Officer (Zone-II), Manhole Covers & Ring Slabs, KW&SC, Room No. 12-A, first floor, Block C, 9th Mile Karsaz, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, in the presence of the procurement committee and attending bidders or representatives.

Each work’s non-refundable tender fee must be paid by pay order from a scheduled Pakistani bank in favour of Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation before the deadline. Bid security must be a pay order or call deposit receipt from a scheduled Pakistani bank in the same beneficiary’s name, issued from the bidder’s firm account and identifying the firm. Upload its copy with the bid and submit the original in a sealed envelope showing the firm and work names to the Accounts Officer before opening. Original tender-fee pay orders must also be submitted physically.

Submit a notarized affidavit confirming the firm has never been blacklisted, an officially sealed Integrity Pact on Rs. 100 stamp paper, and signed, company-stamped documents. Quote rates in words and figures; words prevail in discrepancies, and evaluation uses two decimal places. Manufacturing will take place at the COD Filter Plant casting yards, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 17, or another designated site under Technical Committee supervision. Conditional, late, unsigned, forged or inadequately secured bids may be rejected. KW&SC reserves rejection rights under applicable rules. For electronic-bidding queries, contact the EPADS helpline at 051-111-137-237.