SUPPLY, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF VESSEL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION AT MOMBASA CENTRE

MINISTRY OF MINING, BLUE ECONOMY AND MARITIME AFFAIRS TENDER MARCH 2024 

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE (SPN)

REQUEST FOR BIDS – GOODS (ONE-ENVELOPE BIDDING PROCESS)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of Kenya Marine
Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds
toward payments under the contract for Supply, Delivery and Installation of Vessel Monitoring and Management
Application at Mombasa Centre. 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 State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries now invites sealed bids from eligible Bidders for Supply,
Delivery and Installation of Vessel Monitoring and Management Application at Mombasa Centre; The Project
requires that the VMS provider offers a platform that shall be able to work seamlessly with the current VMS
transponders onboard licensed fishing vessels.
3. 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 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”)
and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic
Development Project (KEMFSED) Procurement Office situated at Maktaba Kuu Building, Mezzanine Floor
Ngong Road Nairobi E-mail: info@kemfsed.org ; Telephone: +254-020-271 6103; www.kemfsed.org from
Monday to Friday excluding weekends and public holidays during office hours East Africa Time from 0800hours
– 1700hours and inspect the bidding document during office hours at the address given below.
5. A pre-bid meeting (Optional) for potential bidders will be held on 20th March, 2024 starting from 10:00hrs
to 12:00hrs, at the Kenya Fisheries Service Office at Liwatoni Area Opposite pedestrian floating Likoni Bridge
Mombasa.
6. A complete set of bidding document in English may be obtained by interested eligible Bidders from our
website at; www.kemfsed.org, www.worldbank.org www.mimema.go.ke or at Public Procurement
Information Portal http://www. tenders.go.ke.
7. Bids must be deposited into the tender box located on the Maktaba Kuu Building, Mezzanine Floor Ngong
Road Nairobi to be received on or before 23rd April, 2024 at 11.00 HRS, EAT (Local Time). The bids should
be clearly marked ‘Supply, Delivery and Installation of Vessel Monitoring and Management Application at Mombasa
Centre’. RFB No.KE-MOMBEMA-003-2023-GO-RFB. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened
in the presence of Bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below on 23rd April, 2024 at
11.00 hrs. (Local Time). Electronic bids SHALL NOT be accepted.
8. All bids must be accompanied by bid security of, issued by a reputable Bank in Kenya shillings Three Hundred
and Fifty Thousand (KES. 350,000.00) or an equivalent, in any easily convertible currency which must remain
in full force and effect up to and including 28 days after the date of expiration of the Bid validity.
9. 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.
10. All interested bidders are required to continually check the Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic
Development Project (KEMFSED) website: www.kemfsed.org for any tender addenda and clarifications that
may arise before the submission date.
11. The address (es) referred to above is (are):

Physical Address
The Principal Secretary
Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime
Affairs
State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries
Ragati Road, NHIF Building 14th Floor
Website: https//www.mibema.go.ke,

Other addresses
The National Project Coordinator
Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic
Development (KEMFSED) Project
Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs
State Department for Blue Economy & Fisheries
Maktaba Kuu Building, Mezannine Floor, Ngong Road,
Website; www.kemfsed.org
Email: info@kemfsed.org
Telephone: +254-20-2718870