Derawar Fort Bahawalpur Tender for AR/VR Heritage Systems and 3D Projection Mapping

The Project Director, PMU Derawar Fort, Directorate General of Archaeology, Government of the Punjab, invites electronic bids for AR/VR heritage interpretation systems and 3D projection mapping at Derawar Fort, Bahawalpur. Eligible bidders include firms, companies, sole proprietors, service providers and joint ventures, where applicable, engaged in AR/VR design and development, 3D projection mapping content and projection mapping show services using outdoor projection systems. Bidders must be registered with the relevant registration authorities and tax departments or authorities, including Income Tax, Sales Tax and Punjab Sales Tax.

Complete electronic technical and financial bids must be submitted through E-Procure Punjab at https://ep.punjab.gov.pk using the Single Stage Two Envelope procedure.

The pre-bid meeting will take place at the Directorate General of Archaeology, 60-A, Garden Town, Lahore. Bids will be opened on the submission date at the office of the Director General Archaeology, 60-A, Garden Block, Garden Town, Lahore.

Procurement will follow the Single Stage Two Envelope procedure under Clause 38 of the PPRA Rules 2014, as amended from time to time. Bidding documents are also available on the Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority website at www.ppra.punjab.gov.pk. The PPRA procurement website is http://eproc.punjab.gov.pk, and the response period will be calculated exclusively from the date of publication on the PPRA website.

Bidders must quote rates for every item in the Price Schedule. Each item is a priced component of the evaluated price; no item is optional. Incomplete bids will be declared non-responsive and excluded from determination of the lowest evaluated bidder. The contract will be awarded to the technically qualified, lowest evaluated responsive bidder after correction of arithmetic errors in the grand total of the financial proposal.

All intending bidders must deposit bid security or earnest money equal to 5% of the estimated cost through the PSID generated by the e-P system. The security must remain valid for 90 days beyond the bid submission date.

The procuring agency will not be responsible for a firm's failure to submit an electronic bid because of technical errors or internet failure. An electronic bid or proposal submitted through E-Procure Punjab, including its entries and records, will be rejected if it is corrupt, unreadable or contains a virus.

Downloaded bidding documents must be signed by the bidder's authorized representative, stamped with the official company seal and uploaded to E-Procure Punjab along with all mandatory submissions and supplementary documents.

Issuing authority: Project Director, PMU Derawar Fort, Directorate General of Archaeology, Government of the Punjab. Notice reference: IPL-11965.