Procurement of Blood Bank Equipment (Un-Quoted) by PKLI & RC Rawalpindi

Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute & Research Center (PKLI & RC), Rawalpindi has invited sealed bids under tender reference PRO/172/2025 for the procurement of un-quoted blood bank equipment for its Rawalpindi facility. The tender is divided into six lots covering weighing scales, BP apparatus, manual plasma extractors, upright plasma freezers, blood storage cabinets (2 to 6 degrees Celsius), platelet agitator with incubator, and centrifuge machines including blood bank serofuge, with a combined estimated cost of approximately PKR 13.86 million. The procurement follows the Single Stage Two Envelope bidding procedure as per procurement rules applicable in Punjab.

Interested and eligible bidders, including manufacturers, authorized distributors and suppliers of medical and laboratory equipment, may participate subject to furnishing bid security equivalent to 2 percent of the estimated cost of the respective lot, as detailed in the schedule. Bidders must submit documents establishing their eligibility and qualification along with technical and financial proposals in separate sealed envelopes, and comply with DRAP Act 2012 requirements where applicable to medical equipment supply.

Bidding documents can be obtained from PKLI & RC Rawalpindi as per the instructions in the tender document. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 23-07-2026 at 11:00 hours, and bids must be submitted by the closing date of 06-08-2026 at 11:00 hours, with public opening to follow the same day at 11:30 hours at the PKLI & RC premises in Rawalpindi, Punjab.

This is a multi-lot, low-to-mid value medical equipment tender split across six lots ranging from small items like weighing scales to costlier cold-chain equipment like plasma freezers and storage cabinets. The lot-wise bid security structure suggests bidders can compete for individual lots rather than the whole package, which lowers the entry barrier for smaller medical equipment suppliers and distributors. The nearly one-year gap between document date and closing date is unusual and may indicate a template date error worth verifying with PKLI before bidding.

Who can bid: Bidders typically must be registered manufacturers, authorized distributors or suppliers of medical/laboratory equipment with valid NTN, SECP or business registration, and DRAP registration where applicable for regulated medical devices. Submission of eligibility and qualification documents alongside lot-wise bid security of 2 percent is explicitly required.