Procurement of Package 5: Lot-1 : Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure, Segments 5, 6 &7 (From CH.0+000 to CH. 3+875). Lot -2 : Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure [Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 to CH. 7+570.891), KMP — Karachi Mobility Project

KARACHI URBAN MOBILITY PROJECT (YELLOW LINE BRTS) Request for Bids Works (Single Stage Two Envelope Bidding Process) Employer: Sindh Mass Transit Authority, Karachi (SMTA) Project: Karachi Mobility Project, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) “Yellow Line Contract Title: Procurement of Package 5: Country: Islamic Republic of Pakistan LOT I: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 5, 6 &7 (From CH.0+000 at Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to CH. 3+875 at Kala pull) LOT II: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 at Kala pull to CH. 7+571.000 at KPT interchange) Loan No.: IBRD-89950 RFB No: PK-SMTA-449988-CW-RFB Issued on: July 13th 2026 1. The Borrower “Islamic Republic of Pakistan” has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Karachi Mobility Project , and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Package 5: LOT I: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 5, 6 &7 (From CH. 0+000 at Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to CH. 3+875 at Kala pull) and LOT II: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 at Kala pull to CH. 7+571.000 at KPT interchange). For this contract, the Borrower shall process the payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement Guidelines for Investment Project Financing. 2. The Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) , Transport & Mass Transit Department, Government of Sindh, now invites sealed Bids from the eligible Bidders for Procurement of Package 5: LOT I: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 5, 6 & 7 (From CH.0+000 at Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull) and LOT II: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull to CH. 7+571 at KPT Interchange). 3. The Yellow Line BRT Corridor is approximately 21 km long, starting from Dawood Chowrangi to Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection, and is part of the overall planned Karachi Mass Transit System ( KMTS ). Currently, Yellow Line BRT Corridor divided into five (05) packages i.e., (i) Package-1 : Construction of Depots (Lot-I: Depot-I & Lot-II: Depot-II), which are (under implementation), (ii) Package-3B : Construction of Main BRT Corridor from Dawood Chowrangi to Indus Chowrangi approx. 6 km (Bid evaluation under process), (iii): Pacakge-3A : Construction of Main BRT Corridor from Brookes Chowrangi to Bilal Chowrangi approx. 6 km (Bid evaluation under process), (iv) Pacakge-4 : Construction of New Jam Sadiq Bridge (Currently Known as Taj Haider Bridge) (under implementation), and (v) Package-5 : Lot I: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Line Corridor Segments 5, 6 & 7 (From CH. 0+000 at Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull), and Lot II: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Line Corridor Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull to CH. 7+571 at KPT Interchange) (being tendered). 4. This Package 5, Lot-I: covers 3.875 km from Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to Kala Pull. The scope includes construction of one underpass, one underground BRT station, three at-grade BRT stations, one pedestrian crossing bridge (V3), one vertical circulation (V5), Kala Pull Bridge, and one pump station at Tariq Road Underpass, BRT and mixed-traffic lanes, service roads, traffic signals, three electrical substations, street lighting, temporary traffic diversions, utility relocations and protection. The construction period shall be 660 days. Bidders must demonstrate financial capacity to meet the required construction cash flow of USD 6.30 million, supported by liquid and unencumbered assets, lines of credits, and other financial means, as well as sufficient funding for ongoing and future commitments. Audited financial statements for the last five years must show sound financial position and prospective profitability. Bidder must have a minimum average annual construction turnover of USD 37.60 million over the last five years, with at least seven (07) years of general construction experience. They must have satisfactorily completed either at least two (02) similar scopes contracts of more than USD 23 million each, or at least one (01) contract of more than USD 37 million, with demonstrated experience and production rates for key activities. Key activities including steel structures (>50 tons/year), urban road works (>58,000 m²/year), underpasses (>28,000 m³ concrete/year), and rigid pavements (>3,600 m²/year). All the key activities can be obtained from one contract or separate contracts, but one activity cannot be obtained from more than one contract. Additionally, bidders must demonstrate capacity and commitment to manage environmental and social (ES) risks, including SEA/SH prevention and responses. 5. This Package 5, Lot-II: covers 3.396 km from Kala Pull to KPT Interchange. The scope includes construction of one underpass (Sunset Boulevard), six at-grade BRT stations, two pedestrian bridges, two elevated U-turn bridges, one flyover (Sunset Boulevard), one pump station, BRT and mixed-traffic lanes, service roads, traffic signals, electrical substations, street lighting, temporary traffic diversions, utility relocations and protection. The construction period shall be 780 days. Bidders must demonstrate financial capacity to meet the required construction cash flow of USD 11 million, supported by liquid and unencumbered assets, lines of credits, and other financial means, as well as sufficient funding for ongoing and future commitments. Audited financial statements for the last five years must show sound financial position and prospective profitability. Bidder must have a minimum average annual construction turnover of USD 65 million over the last five years, with at least seven (07) years of general construction experience. They must have satisfactorily completed either at least two (02) similar scopes contracts of more than USD 47 million each, or at least one (01) contract of more than USD 76 million, with demonstrated experience and production rates for key activities. Key activities including steel structures (>60 tons/year), urban road works (>68,000 m²/year), underpasses (>55,000 m³ concrete/year), and rigid pavements (>4,500 m²/year). All the key activities can be obtained from one contract or separate contracts, but one activity cannot be obtained from more than one contract. Additionally, bidders must demonstrate capacity and commitment to manage environmental and social (ES) risks, including SEA/SH prevention and responses. 6. The procurement of Package 5 : Lot-I: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 5, 6 & 7 (From CH.0+000 at Khalid Bin Waleed Intersection to CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull), Lot-II: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Corridor Segments 4 & 5 (From CH. 3+875 at Kala Pull to CH. 7+571 at KPT Interchange), is being carried out in parallel with the procurement of Package 3A: Construction of Road Corridor and BRT Infrastructure Yellow BRT Line Corridor Segment 2 [From CH. 0+000 at Brookes Chowrangi To CH. 6+000 at Bilal Chowrangi], which is already in tendering. Bidders who have already submitted bids for Package 3A may bid for Package 5. However, the award of contract(s) will be subject to the most advantageous Bidder’s /Bidders’ meeting the required qualification and experience criteria on an aggregate basis for the respective packages and/or lots, as the case may be. The criteria for qualification are the aggregate minimum requirement for respective lots as specified under items 3.1, 3.2, 4.2(a), 4.2(b), equipment and personnel. Minimum requirements for combined contract(s) under 4.2(a) shall be the aggregate requirements of value of each contract under each package and across the two packages 3A and 5 for which the Bidder has submitted Bids as specified in 4.2(a) Specific Construction and Contract Management Experience. 7. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using Request for Bids (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018 ( “Procurement Regulations” ), and is open to all eligible Bidders. 8. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Office of Project Director, Karachi Mobility Project (PD-KMP) , Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA), Transport & Mass Transit Department (T&TMD), Government of Sindh (GoS) and inspect the bidding documents during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours Pakistan Standard Time ( PST ) at the address given below. Interested bidders may also download the RFB documents for inspection purposes only from Karachi Mobility Project (KMP), Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) website given below. 9. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Pak Rupees Fifty Thousand only (PKR 50,000/-). The method of payment will be in the form of a Pay Order drawn in favor of “ Karachi Urban Mobility Project – Yellow Line BRTS ”. 10. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 15th September 2026 at 1100 hours Pakistan Standard Time (PST). Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected, the outer Bid envelopes marked “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at the address below on 15th September 2026 at 1100 hours Pakistan Standard Time (PST). All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART” shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid opening. 11. Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the evaluation process set out in the bidding documents. The following weightings shall apply for Rated Criteria (including technical and non-price factors): 50% and for Bid cost 50%. 12. All Bids must be accompanied by a : (i) “Bid Security” of an amount not less than LOT I: 129,000,000 Pakistani Rupee (One Hundred Twenty-Nine Million Pakistani Rupee) or 460,000 US Dollars (Four Hundred Sixty Thousand US Dollars) or an equivalent amount in any other freely convertible currency. LOT II: 262,000,000 Pakistani Rupee (Two Hundred Sixty-Two Million Pakistani Rupee) or 940,000 US Dollars (Nine Hundred Forty Thousand US Dollars) or an equivalent amount in any other freely convertible currency. 13. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the successful Bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document. 14. The address referred to above is: Attention: Project Director (Karachi Mobility Project) Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA), Transport & Mass Transit Department, Government of Sindh, House # C-44, Lane 07, Block 2 Clifton, Karachi 75600, Telephone: +92 21 99336117, Cell: +92 331 27 28 313 Email: pd.kmp.ylc@gmail.com, Website: https://kmp.gos.pk Focal Person: Engr. Saleem Hussain Cell: +92 331 27 28 313 Email: pcms.kmp.ylc@gmail.com