HEC Invitation to Bid: Supply of Microsoft Office 365 Licenses, Operations Support & Migration Services
HEC Invitation to Bid · Islamabad · The Express Tribune,
Tender advertisement published in The Express Tribune on Friday, 11 September 2026, listed under Islamabad. Issued by HEC Invitation to Bid. The last date printed on the advertisement was Tuesday, 29 September 2026 and has passed.
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The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan invites bids from eligible Microsoft Authorized Licensing Solutions Partners (LSPs) for supply of Microsoft Office 365 licenses under the Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES), plus operations support, tenant-to-tenant migration services and capacity building under the Education Transformation Agreement (ETA). The selected vendor will manage HEC's centralized Microsoft 365 tenant, provision EES licenses, execute migrations upon demand, and deliver ETA training to universities while enabling institution-level administrative control.
| Issuer | Higher Education Commission (HEC), Sector H-9, Islamabad |
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| Project / Scope | Supply & provisioning of Microsoft Office 365 (EES) licenses; management of central tenant & infrastructure; tenant-to-tenant migrations; ETA training and capacity building |
| Eligibility | Microsoft Authorized Licensing Solutions Partners (LSPs); locally recognized and registered with FBR; must have adequate financial, technical and human resources |
| Bidding Procedure | Single Stage, Two Envelope. Submit bids via HEC EPADS / PPRA e-Procurement portal with required scanned documents and scanned Pay Order/Bank Draft. |
| Bid security / Document fee | Scanned Pay Order/Bank Draft for fixed amount of Rs. 3,000,000/- (also required in original as physical Bid Security) |
| Submission (physical) | Original physical Bid Security (Pay Order/Bank Draft) to Central Procurement Cell (CPC), Basement, Executive Block, HEC, H-9, Islamabad |
| Deadline for submission | 2026-09-29 at 11:30 AM (documents uploaded and physical bid security submitted on or before this time) |
| Bid opening | 2026-09-29 at 12:00 PM at HEC Auditorium Block, Sector H-9, Islamabad |
| Pre-bid meeting | Thursday, 2026-09-17 at 11:00 AM at HEC Secretariat, Sector H-9, Islamabad |
| Documents | Bidding documents available for free download from www.hec.gov.pk and www.ppra.gov.pk |
| Contact | Syed Aqeel Ali Shah, Assistant Director CPC. Phone: 051-90402256. Email: [email protected] |
Interested bidders should follow the detailed instructions, terms and conditions, and submission procedure in the bidding document available from HEC/PPRA portals. HEC reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids as per PPRA rules.
Published in The Express Tribune on Friday, 11 September 2026. DailyAds.pk indexes newspaper advertisements; the original notice and the issuing organisation remain the source for final terms and eligibility.