NAIROBI WATER AND SANITATION PROJECT 2023 – AWWDA

AWWDA TENDER MARCH 2023 

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)

1. Athi Water Works Development Agency (AWWDA) has received funds from Agence Française de Développement
(“AFD”) towards the cost of CKE1135 – Nairobi Water and Sanitation Project. It is intended that
parts of the proceeds of these funds will be applied to eligible payments under the contract for Construction
Works for Kabete-Olesereni Pipeline, West and South Nairobi Water and Sewerage Project.
2. Athi Water Works Development Agency (AWWDA) now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the
construction and completion of Construction Works for Kabete-Olesereni Pipeline, West and South Nairobi
Water and Sewerage Project (“the Works”).
3. The Works include but not limited to:
• Construction of the Kabete-Olesereni Pipeline, DN 600 Ferrous (Steel or Ductile Iron) Pipeline, length
19.6 km
• Construction of Water Distribution Pipelines, HDPE and Ferrous (Steel or Ductile Iron Pipeline) size
63mm to 600mm diameter, total length 57 km in Kangemi, Dagoretti- Kinoo, Kawangware, Wilson
Airport Area, Kabiria, Ngong Forest, Karen Plains and Kirigu areas, including approximately 560Nr Consumer
Connections and approximately 10km of OD 20 – OD 32 Service Mains to facilitate the Connections.
• Construction of 1Nr Reinforced Concrete Water Storage Tank at Karen, capacity 5,500m3.
• Construction of Reticulation Sewers, OD 200 to OD 300 Double Wall Corrugated (DWC) Pipes,
approximate total length 63 km in Dagoretti, Ngando, Riruta, Kawangware, Kangemi and Uthiru areas,
including approximately 640Nr Consumer Connections and approximately 12km of OD160 – OD200
Tertiary Sewers to facilitate the Connections.
The construction period is twenty-four (24) months.
A Pre-bid meeting and Site Visit will take place on 28th March,2023 at 9.00 a.m. starting at Athi Water Plaza,
Ground Floor Board Room along Muthaiga North Road.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from the address specified below and inspect
the Bidding Documents during office hours from 08:00am to 05:00pm East African Time from Monday to
Friday, except during lunch hour (1:00pm to 2:00pm), weekends and public holidays.
5. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on the submission of a
written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of Ksh. 1,000 (Kenya
Shillings One Thousand Only) or equivalent in a freely convertible currency. The method of payment will be
Cash or Banker’s Cheque. The Bidding Documents will be collected from the address given below upon
production of a purchase receipt. Documents can also be downloaded from the AWWDA website:
www.awwda.go.ke and www.tenders.go.ke, Bidders who download the bidding document from the
website MUST forward their particulars immediately to procurement@awwda.go.ke, for records and any
further clarifications and addenda.
6. The provisions in the Instructions to Bidders and in the General Conditions of Contract are the provisions of
AFD’s Standard Bidding Documents: Procurement of Works.
7. Bids must be delivered to the address given below on or before 12:00 pm East African Time on
10th May,2023 and must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Kshs. 5,000,000.00 (Kenya Shillings Five
Million). Bids must be clearly marked ‘Construction Works for Kabete-Olesereni Pipeline, West and
South Nairobi Water and Sewerage Project. Contract No. AWWDA/AFD/NWSP/W-02/2023’
8. Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at 12:05 pm East
African Time on 10th May,2023 at the address given below:
9. Qualification criteria are as follows:
(a) Interested firms must have been in existence and in construction business for over 5 years and will
provide certified audited financial statements for the last 3 years.
(b) Participation as contractor, management contractor, or subcontractor, in at least two (2) contracts within
the last five (5) years, each with a value of at least Kenyan Shillings 1,700,000,000.00 (Kenyan
Shillings One Billion and Seven Hundred Million), that have been successfully and substantially
completed and that are similar to the proposed Works.
(c) Experience in construction of Large Water Transmission Pipelines (diameter 600mm and above),
construction of Water Reticulation Pipelines and Sewers (diameters 63mm to 600mm) and construction
of Reinforced Concrete Water Retaining Structures (capacity 5,000m3 and above)
(d) Availability of cash-flow of KSHS 300,000,000.00 (Kenyan Shillings three hundred Million) or
equivalent amount in freely convertible currency with a Minimum average annual turnover of KSHS
2,000,000,000.00 (Kenyan Shillings two billion) or equivalent amount in freely convertible currency
over the last 3 years
(e) Experience of two (2) construction contracts in developing and emerging countries over the last
10 years in which major Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) measures were carried out
satisfactorily in compliance with international standards and in which the ESHS knowledge transfer to a
local partner or the ESHS capacity building of the Employer’s country staff was carried out satisfactorily.
(f) Experience of two (2) contracts involving a presence in the country and completed within the last ten
(10) years in an area with a similar security risk requiring the implementation of a security plan as
defined by AFD procurement rules.
(g) Signed Statement of Integrity, Eligibility and Environmental and Social Responsibility
10. The address referred to above is:
Chief Executive Officer,
Athi Water Works Development Agency,
Athi Water Plaza,
Muthaiga North Road, Off Kiambu Road
P.O. BOX 45283-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel: 254-715 688272;
Email: info@awwda.go.ke