LAHORE-As many as twelve companies having experience of implementing engineering,


procurement and construction (EPC) projectshave pre-qualified to execute Khadim-e- Punjab


Saaf Pani Programme in the first phase in rural areas of 35 tehsils of the province after fulfilling


stringent criterion laid down by Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC).


Internationally-renowned companies namely De Nora-SKAFS International (USA-Pakistan),


Vinci and FZC (France), Hyundai (Korea), Sultan Mahmood andamp; Company-ESER Contracting


(Turkey-Pakistan), Beijing Enter-prises, China Railway, China Gezhouba Group, China


Aerospace Construction and Anuhi Shui An Construction Group (China), Dam andamp; Water Works


Construction Co, SABIR Mahab Ghodss Consulting Engineering Co, AM-CORP Engineering andamp;


Consulting (Iran-Pakistan) and Veolia Water Systems (United Arab Emirates) have pre-qualified


for 14 contracts


PSPC had invited pre-qualification applications for award of 14 contracts worth US $ 1.15


billion in first phase to implement safe drinking water solutions (water filtration plants) in 35


priority tehsils of 10 districts of Muzaffar-garh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Rajanpur, Bahawalpur,


Lodhran, Rahim Yar Khan, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Kasur and Okara in the biggest province of


Pakistan.


More than 23 million rural people of 7,496 villages will have sustained access to safe and clean


drinking water in the wake of execution of first phase of multi-billion dollar project.


Thirty companies from USA, Turkey, Austria, China, Pakistan, Australia, Germany, UAE and


Malaysia have provisionally qualified because of notarization and attestation of their submitted


documents is still awaited. These companies will be issued Request for Bid Documents


conditionally. However, their technical bid will not be opened if they fail to submit the required


notarization /attestation before the deadline of submission of technical/financial bids.


As many as 24 companies have been disqualified for failing to meet the requisite technical and


financial criteria and failing to provide technical information. To ensure utmost transparency in


the award of contracts, PSPC has announced that the aggrieved parties may submit their


grievances to Grievance Redressal Committee within 10 days of the notification related to


disqualification and provisional qualification.


PSPC had received more than 440 pre-qualification proposals for 14 contracts from 64


international companies; some of them had collaborated with local Pakistani companies to


execute the project in the form of joint venture.

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