District Council Chakwal Tender for Street and Drain Construction in Sadwal

The Office of the District Council Chakwal invites sealed bids through the E-PADS system at https://ep.punjab.gov.pk/ from contractors registered on E-PADS for 2026–27. The procurement uses MRS 2nd Biannual 2026, covering 1 July to 31 December 2026 for District Chakwal/Talagang and N.S.

Bidding will follow the Single Stage Single Envelope procedure under the Punjab Procurement Rules 2014 and is open to all eligible bidders. Bidding documents containing the detailed terms and conditions can be downloaded free of charge from the E-PADS portal. Documents are also available on the PPRA Punjab website.

Bids must be prepared according to the instructions in the bidding document and submitted through E-PADS by the deadline. Bids will be opened through E-PADS on the same day at the office of District Council Chakwal, in the presence of bidders or their representatives who choose to attend.

The required bid security must be obtained from a scheduled bank in Pakistan in favour of District Council Chakwal and submitted through E-PADS by 11:00 AM on the closing date. Failure to submit bid security will result in cancellation of the tender and treatment of the bid as non-responsive. Bid security will be returned after completion of the evaluation process.

Under the Punjab Local Government (Works) Rules 2017, where the lowest bidder's rates are equal to or less than 5% of the estimated cost, the lowest bidder must deposit additional performance security equal to 10% of the contract amount from a scheduled bank through the electronic system within 15 days of issuance of the acceptance letter. This additional performance security will be refunded after the Engineering Branch in-charge issues the completion certificate.

Quoted rates must be item-wise and clearly stated. Incomplete, ambiguous or unfilled bids will be rejected. Non-responsive, non-readable, corrupted, virus-infected, unsigned or unstamped bids will also be rejected. Submission of a fake or forged document will result in the contractor or firm being disqualified or blacklisted by District Council Chakwal.

The competent authority may reject all bids at any time before approval or acceptance of the tender rates under Chapter VI, Clause 35 of the PPRA Rules 2014. After issuance of the acceptance letter, the successful contractor must execute an agreement with the department on stamp paper of the value prescribed by the government within seven days of issuance of the work order.

The PPRA tender listing is available at http://eproc.punjab.gov.pk/ViewTender.aspx. The response period will be calculated exclusively from the date of publication on the PPRA website.

Issued by order of the Deputy Commissioner/Administrator, District Council Chakwal. Advertiser: Chief Officer, District Council Chakwal. Publication reference: IPL-11942.