| Q.No.1 | | What is TCP? |
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| Answer: | | TCP is the principle trading organization of the Government of Pakistan. It imports/export /counter trades various products on behalf of the Government, as and when directed and according to the needs of the country. |
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| Q.No.2 | | Who owns TCP? |
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TCP is a private limited company with the sole ownership and under the administrative control of Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan. | |
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| Q.No.3 | | What is the business jurisdiction of TCP? |
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| Answer: | | TCP has the principal office at Karachi and its regional office at Lahore. TCP also has a Liaison office at Islamabad. In addition to it, TCP has various Cotton Procurement Centers in Punjab and Sindh. TCP does business with local producers of cotton etc all over the country. Details at Cotton Procurement |
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| Q.No.4 | | What is the total staff strength of TCP? |
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| Answer: | | Exactly 592 people work in TCP. |
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| Q.No.5 | | What type of domestic operations are undertaken by TCP? |
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| Answer: | | TCP purchases and stocks essential commodities like sugar, wheat, urea and cotton etc with the objective of the price stabilization and maintain a balance between demand and supplies. More details at “operating activities”. |
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| Q.No.6 | | How does TCP stock the commodities? |
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| Answer: | | TCP has state of art—stocking facilities at various places in the country. There are 3 godowns at Karachi including the largest godown (QRG) in Asia located at Pipri. The godown spread over approximately on the area of 600 acres. Besides, TCP has another two godowns at Landhi and Korangi, also located in Karachi. |
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| Q.No.7 | | Can a Company or individual avail the TCP’s godown facilities for stocks? |
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| Answer: | | Yes, The godowns of TCP are available on rent and are also available to any bonafide business group. |
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| Q.No.8 | | What is the procedure of Pre-qualification as supplier of Urea? |
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| Answer: | | The procedure for registration as a supplier of Urea to TCP is given at Prequalification process. |
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| Q.No.9 | | What is the procedure of Pre-qualification as supplier of Sugar? |
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| Answer: | | The procedure for registration as a supplier of Sugar to TCP is given at Prequalification process. |
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| Q.No.10 | | Does TCP carries out inspection of Brown Rice for export ? |
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| Answer: | | Yes TCP has been assigned the inspection functions of Brown Rice exported to European Countries. |
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| Q.No.11 | | Where can one look for tenders issued by the TCP ? |
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| Answer: | | Tenders are issued by the TCP in print media/news papers both in Urdu and English and are also placed on the TCP website. |
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| Q.No.12 | | Where are Cotton Procurement Centers of TCP located? |
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| Answer: | | Cotton procurement centers are located in 13 cities/towns.List of Cotton Procurement Centers is given at Cotton Procurement Centers. |
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| Q.No.13 | | What is the Criteria for evaluation of bids in the TCP ? |
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| Answer: | | The Criteria for the evaluation of bids by TCP is given at Bid Evaluation Criteria. |
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