CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DESIGN, ESIA/ESMP/ESHS, CONTRACT DOCU- MENTATION, AND CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF LANDING SITES

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

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (Consulting Firms)

The Government of Kenya, through the National Treasury has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) towards the cost of Aquaculture Business Development Project (ABDP) and intends to
apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of consulting services.
The use of any IFAD financing shall be subject to IFAD’s approval, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the financing
agreement, as well as IFAD’s rules, policies and procedures. IFAD and its officials, agents and employees shall be held
harmless from and against all suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses and liability of any kind or nature brought
by any party in connection with ABDP.
The consulting services (“the services”) include design, ESIA/ESMP/ESHS, Contract Documentation, and Construction
Supervision of Landing Sites
This request for expressions of interest (REOI) follows the general procurement notice that appeared on the IFAD website
on 8th March 2024 on UNDB on 8th March 2024 and on MyGov pullout of the Star newspaper on 12th March 2024.
The ABDP (“the client”) 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. Interested firms should fill the template for expressions of interest
and submit found at the following link https://www.abdpcu.org/tenders// and send it to the address indicated
below.
The attention of interested consultants is drawn to IFAD’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of
Terrorism Policy and the Revised IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud and Corruption its Activities and Operations . The latter
sets forth IFAD’s provisions on prohibited practices. IFAD further strives to ensure a safe working environment free
of harassment, including sexual harassment, and free of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in its activities and operations
as detailed in its IFAD Policy to Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
The consultant shall not have any actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest. A consultant with an
actual, potential or reasonably perceived conflict of interest shall be disqualified unless otherwise explicitly approved
by the Fund. A consultant including their respective personnel and affiliates are considered to have a conflict of interest
if they a) have a relationship that provides them with undue or undisclosed information about or influence over
the selection process and the execution of the contract, b) participate in more than one EOI under this procurement
action, c) have a business or family relationship with a member of the Purchaser’s board of directors or its personnel,
the Fund or its personnel, or any other individual that was, has been or might reasonably be directly or indirectly involved
in any part of (i) the preparation of this REOI, (ii) the shortlisting or selection process for this procurement, or
(iii) execution of the contract. The consultant has an ongoing obligation to disclose any situation of actual, potential or
reasonably perceived conflict of interest during preparation of the EOI, the selection process or the contract execution.
Failure to properly disclose any of said situations may lead to appropriate actions, including the disqualification of the
consultant, the termination of the contract and any other as appropriate under the IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud
and Corruption in its Projects and Operations.
A consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in
IFAD’ project procurement handbook that can be accessed via the IFAD website at www.ifad.org/project-procurement.
The shortlisting criteria are:
A. General experience: The firm has demonstrated general experience in execution of design and supervision
contracts, if JV, that each partner must meet the criteria.
B. Specific experience
I. Demonstrated track record of experience in Construction Supervision of landing sites: attach evidence
of completion of the assignments. If consortium, attach for each profession involved if JV,
that each partner must meet the criteria;
II. Demonstrated track record of experience in ESIA/ESMP/ESHS: attached evidence of completion of
the assignments. IF JV, firm or at least one member of the consortium should meet the criteria;
III. successfully delivered at least two similar assignments (design) within the last 10 years attach
evidence of completion of the assignments. IF JV, that each partner must meet the criteria;
IV. Experience with donor funded projects; attach evidence. If JV, can be experience of the lead partner
in case of a JV.

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