Procurement of Virtualization Solution for FBR Data Centers

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS (One-Envelope Bidding Process) Procurement of Virtualization Solution for FBR Country: Pakistan Project Name: Pakistan Raises Revenue Program Implementing Agency: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Loan No: Credit No. 6435-PK Project ID No: P165982 RFB No. 3(16)/2026-Addl-Dir(P&F) STEP Ref. No PK-FBR-548189-GO-RFB Issuance Date: 24th May 2026 Pre-Bid Meeting Date & Time: 1st June 2026 at 15:00 HRS PST Bid Submission Date & Time: 10th June 2026 at 11:30 HRS PST The Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Pakistan Raises Revenue Program (PPRP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Virtualization Solution for FBR as further detailed hereto, the complete details of these are available in the RFB Document; Sr. No. Product Total Quantity 1 VMware vCenter Server 2 2 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus 1344 Cores 3 VMware Live Site Recovery (SRM) 40 VMs The Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Procurement of Virtualization Solution for FBR. Bidding will be conducted through National competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” Fifth Edition September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from asst.procsp.po@fbr.gov.pk and inspect the bidding document during office hours 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Business Days ) at the address given below, at least seven (07) days before the bid submission deadline. The bidding document in English may be downloaded from www.fbr.gov.pk/tenders without any fee(s)/ charge(s). A Pre-Bid Meeting shall be held on 1st June 2026 at 15:00 hours (PST) in FBR House, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad to address any qu