Pre-Qualification Process of Foreign Supplies and Port Services Agencies

For pre-qualifying the foreign suppliers/exporters TCP invites applications for foreign firms through an advertisement in the press. The criteria for prequalification is also given in the advertisement for information of the potential applications. After receiving applications by a given cut of date from the interested parties, the Pre-qualification Committee examines and scrutinize all the papers/documents supplied by the applicants in the light of already published pre-qualification criteria. The firms who are pre-qualified as well as those who are not pre-qualified by the pre-qualification Committee are informed accordingly. As per procedure only pre-qualified firms are entitled to participate in the tenders issued for import of different commodities by TCP. This process of pre-qualification has been initiated in compliance to Pakistan Procurement Rules 2004.  It is an on going process. Such advertisements for inviting applications form interested parties are issued periodically.


PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Name and address of the firm with telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address.
• Certificate of membership of concerned recognized trade association or chamber as the case may be.
• Company’s profile and Name of Directors/Partners/Proprietor.
• Name and address of local agent with telephone and fax numbers e-mail address, NTN and NIC.
• Previous experience of trade in the respective commodity (at least 3 years) duly supported with bill of ladings confirming actual
  shipment / Export.
• Affidavit to the effect that there was no previous litigation of principal or his local agent with TCP.
• An Affidavit to the effect that the principal or his local agent have no been black listed by any Government department/autonomous body.
• Financial status report about its financial standing and business integrity by the party’s bank along with bank statement showing trade
  transactions of last six months.