REQUEST FOR BIDS

PROCUREMENT OF CIVIL WORKS

1. The Pakistan Railways (Pakistan Railways) has reserved Funds for the procurement planned for FY 2026-27. The Pakistan Railways (Pakistan Railways) intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Fund to cover eligible payments under the contract for the "UP-GRADATION OF SIGNALLING SYSTEM BY PROVIDING COMPUTER-BASED INTERLOCKING (CBI) SYSTEM AT SARHAD STATION." with the reference of "P75829".
2. The Pakistan Railways (Pakistan Railways) invites electronic Bids from eligible Bidders for procurement of Works (UP-GRADATION OF SIGNALLING SYSTEM BY PROVIDING COMPUTER-BASED INTERLOCKING (CBI) SYSTEM AT SARHAD STATION.) described in the bidding documents on EPADS v2.0.
3. Single Stage-Two Envelope will be used by adopting Least Cost Based Selection (LCBS) Technique for the subject procurement, in line with the Public Procurement Rules, 2004 and any Regulations, Regulatory Guides, Procurement Guidelines or Instructions issued by the Authority from time to time.
4. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security amounting described in Bid Security Section in Bidding Document in the form of  Pay Order, Banker's Cheque, Call at Deposit, Bank Guarantee. Or all bids must be accompanied by bid securing declaration in the format specified in the Bidding documents
5. E-Bidding documents, containing detailed terms & conditions, specifications and requirements etc. are available on e-Pak Acquisition and Disposal System (EPADS) at https://epads.gov.pk/opportunities/federal/procurements/75829 for all the interested bidders registered on EPADS v2.0. Bidders are required to get themselves registered on EPADS v2.0 to participate in Bidding process.
6. The e-bids, prepared in accordance with the instructions in the e-Bidding documents, must be submitted through EPADS v2.0 on or before Saturday, October 17, 2026 12:00 PM. E-bids will be opened by using EPADS v2.0 on the same day at Saturday, October 17, 2026 12:30 PM. Manual submission of Bids shall not be entertained. Those vendor who have not yet registered on the new version of EPADS v2.0, may register themselves on https://pa.epads.gov.pk/. A tutorial to explain the registeration process is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNW6T38v7tc.

In terms of Rules 48 of Public Procurement Rules, 2004 Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) is notified for the subject procurement and notification copy is available on the procuring agency’s website and on Authority’s website at (www.ppra.org.pk).

Pakistan Railways (Pakistan Railways), Project Director
Office of the Project Director Signal Up-Gradation (SUP), Pak. Railways HQs Office, Empress Road, Lahore City, Lahore (District), Lahore Division (Division), Punjab (Province).
+92-333-465-7230
pdsup@pakrail.gov.pk