Procurement of SSD Drives and Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs)

Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSO) Karachi invites quotations for the procurement of SSD Drives and Privileged Access Workstations (PAWs) to be delivered and installed at PSO House, Khayaban-e-Iqbal, Clifton, Karachi. This procurement is aimed at upgrading IT infrastructure with high-performance storage and computing equipment. Items being procured: - 100 units of 500GB SATA SSD Drives with 1 year warranty - 10 units of Business Desktop Workstations featuring Intel® Core Ultra 7 265 with vPro® technology or equivalent, 96 GB RAM, 1 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD, dedicated graphics card with at least 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM, preloaded genuine Windows 11 Professional 64-bit OS, integrated Gigabit Ethernet LAN, adequate power supply, multiple USB ports including HDMI and DisplayPort, full-size USB keyboard (US QWERTY), USB optical mouse, business desktop tower chassis with black or equivalent finish, and one-year OEM warranty including parts and labor. The technical scope requires authorized business partners or distributors with valid OEM certificates for the current year. Bidders must have experience supplying enterprise workstations to the corporate sector. The quoted prices must include all taxes, transportation, installation, testing, and commissioning. Technical brochures and product demonstrations at PSO premises are mandatory. Delivery, installation, configuration, and testing must be completed within 6 to 8 weeks after purchase order issuance. OEM one-year replacement warranty on all parts is required. Eligibility criteria include registration with Income and Sales Tax Departments and compliance with the single stage two envelope bidding process. Earnest money and bid security details are as per attached instructions. Penalty for delayed delivery is 0.1% per day of undelivered quantity value, capped at 10% of the work order value. Bidders may submit quotations for either or both line items; evaluation will be independent per item. Purchase orders may be awarded to one or multiple bidders based on lowest evaluated responsive bids meeting technical criteria. Interested suppliers should submit sealed bids by **16 November 2026** at PSO House Karachi. Ensure all documentation including OEM certificates and tax registrations are complete to avoid disqualification. A practical tip: carefully review the technical specifications and provide complete product brochures to demonstrate compliance and avoid bid rejection.