Procurement of Rack Mounted Servers and Storage Equipment for Digital Economy Project

Specific Procurement Notice Request for Bids Goods (Two-Envelope Bidding Process) Purchaser: National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Project: Digital Economy Enhancement Project (DEEP) Contract title: Procurement of Rack Mounted Servers (LOT-1) and Storage and SAN Switches (LOT-2). Country : Pakistan Credit No.: 7514-PK RFP No: PK-NADRA-531387-GO-RFB Issued on: February 14, 2026

• The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Digital Economy Enhancement Project (DEEP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the Procurement of Rack Mounted Servers (LOT-1) and Storage and SAN Switches (LOT-2).
• The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for Procurement of Rack Mounted Servers (LOT-1) and Storage and SAN Switches (LOT-2).
• The procurement process will be conducted through Single Stage-Two Envelope process on national market approach using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Procurement in Investment Project Financing Goods Works, Non-Consulting and Consulting Services Fifth Edition, September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), and is open to all eligible Proposers as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
• Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 60 %. and for Bid cost: 40 %.
• Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Procurement Specialist at the address below PIU-DEEP, 3rd Floor, COMSATS Head Office Building, 9 Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2 G-5, Islamabad, and inspect the request for bids document during office hours 0900 to 1300 hours at the address given below.
• The request for bids document in English is available at https://tenders.nadra.gov.pk/ free of cost and may be downloaded by interested eligible bidders.
• The Pre-Bid meeting for this activity will be scheduled on March 3, 2026 at 11:00 am at the same address given below.
• Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 11:00 am on March 17,2026 . Electronic procurement will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on March 17,2026 immediately after the bid submission . All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Purchaser until the second public bid opening.
• All Bids must be accompanied with a Bid Security per LOT as mentioned below. The selection will be made LOT wise, and each bidder can apply for more than one LOT, however, the evaluation criteria will as per the criteria for each LOT. If a bidder applies for more than one LOT, he will qualify only for that (or those) LOT(s) for which he meets the evaluation criteria.

LOT 1 – PKR 6,800,000/- LOT 2 – PKR 4,500,000/- The Bid Security shall be in the form of CDR (Call Deposit Receipt)/Bank Draft/Pay Order/unconditional Bank Guarantee. Cash / cheque shall not be accepted.

• Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
• The address(es) referred to above is (are): [insert detailed address(es)]

Procurement Specialist PIU-DEEP, NADRA 3rd Floor, COMSATS Head Office Building, 9 Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2 G-5, Islamabad, Pakistan. 051-8503911 procurement.deep@nadra.gov.pk https://tenders.nadra.gov.pk Agency: National Data Base Registration Authority Procurement method: Request for Bids Notice type: Invitation for Bids Status: Published Value: 1990000.0 USD