CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR A MONITORING & EVALUATION FIRM TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT

THE NATIONAL TREASURY & ECONOMIC PLANNING TENDER AUGUST 2023 

SUPPORTING ACCESS TO FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE RECOVERY (SAFER) PROJECT

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR A MONITORING & EVALUATION FIRM TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT

Reft                              SAFER/NT/C/01/2022-23

Credit No.                    7018-KE

Project ID No:              P175017

1. The Government of Kenya (GoK) in conjunction with the World Bank is implementing a five-year Supporting Access to Finance & Enterprise Recovery (SAFER) Project whose overall development objective is to increase access to financial services, enhance the capabilities, and support the COVID-19 recovery of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya. This objective will be achieved through (i) Innovation and Liquidity Support to MSMEs; (ii) De-risking Lending to MSMEs and (iii) Technical Assistance and Project Management. The SAFER Project intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include; (a) Collection and analysis of baseline data from beneficiaries; (b) Conduct follow-up surveys or data collection from participating financial institutions and MSME beneficiary borrowers (annually) and provide relevant analysis to track the project results; and (c) Carry out the project’s Mid-term and final-term evaluations and/or other special surveys/ assessments. The assignment is expected to take twenty-four (24) months.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website www.treasury.go.ke/tenders.html or can be obtained at the address given below.
4. The National Treasury & Economic Planning (the Client), through its Project Implementation Unit, now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting requirements for the Firm’s experience are; a) core business of the Consultant should be relevant to the assignment; (b) Minimum 10 years of experience in data collection, survey design, and impact evaluation; (c) Experience of working with financial institutions and MSME related functions; (d) Experience working on Monitoring & Evaluation with World Bank projects, or other projects funded by the international community is an added advantage. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
5. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, July 2016 updated August 2018 and November 2020 which can be found at the following website: www.worldbank.org/procurement
6. The attention of Interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 updated August 2018 and November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
7. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of  joint venture and/or a sub-consultancy. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint /venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected.
8. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Least Cost Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
9. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 hrs.
10. Expressions of Interest must be delivered In a written form to the address below either in person, by mail or by email:

11. Deadline for submission of Expressions of Interest is Friday 1st September 2023 at 1600 hours Kenyan local time.

PROJECT COORDINATOR (SAFER)

FOR: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY/NATIONAL TREASURY