Tenders Are Invited For Procurement Of Consultancy Services For Impact Evaluation & National Sme Policy Development 3.0

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY(SMEDA)REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR THE PROCUREMENTOF CONSULTANCY SERVICESImpact Evaluation & National SME Policy Development 3.0Section 1 Letter of Invitation1. The Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), in SME Division, invites Request forProposals (RFP) from reputable firms, registered with PPRA for e-procurement on EPADS and havingrelevant expertise and capacity to conduct Impact Evaluation of National SME Policy 2021, develop NationalSME Policy 3.0 and design of a Digital Coordination, M&E Framework.2. The detailed Scope of Work/ToRs, Eligibility and Evaluation Criteria are provided in the Request forProposal (RFP) document.3. The bidders may seek clarification of any provision given in RFP, by uploading clarification request onEPADS, 7 days prior to the submission of bids.4. Interested firms are requested to submit their proposals (Technical & Financial) electronically throughEPADS on the Single Stage Two Envelope procedure on or before May 25, 2026 by 2:00 pm. Technicalproposals will be opened through EPADS on the same day at 2:30 pm.5. Scanned copy of Bid Securing Declaration on non-judicial stamp paper must be submitted along with thetechnical proposal on EPADS.6. The Technical proposals shall be evaluated according to the criteria given in the RFP. Financial proposals ofonly technically qualified firms shall be opened and contract will be awarded on a Quality and Cost BasedSelection (QCBS) method.7. A complete set of Request for Proposal (RFP) document can be downloaded from SMEDA Website(www.smeda.org), PPRA (www.ppra.org.pk), and EPADS (www.eprocure.gov.pk) free of cost.8. The procuring agency reserves the right to reject all bids, before award of work as per PPRA rules.General Manager Outsourcing Management Division(Procuring Division: SME Division)Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority4th Floor, Building No.3, Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex, Egerton Road Lahore, PakistanPh: +92 42 111-111- 456 website (www.smeda.org)