TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR PREPARATION OF A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION MANUAL FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER JUNE 2024  

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(Consulting Services – Firm Selection)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Digital Economy
Acceleration Project (KDEAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Technical Assistance for Preparation of a Commercial Transaction Manual.
The assignment is expected to take Three (3) calendar months from the date of contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.icta.go.ke and
www.tenders.go.ke or can be obtained at the address given below.
4. The Information and Communications Technology Authority through the Program Implementation Unit (PIU) 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 criteria are:
a) Core business and years in Business: The firm should be registered/incorporated as an entity in the field of
telecommunications market research and consultancy or equivalent for a minimum of fifteen (15) years.
b) Relevant Experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least three
(3) assignments of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the last ten (10) years.
Details of similar assignments, with name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided
and submitted.
c) Technical and Managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having the requisite technical
and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
5. 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” First Published July 2016 and Revised Fifth Edition September 2023
(“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
6. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications but should indicate clearly whether the
association is in the form of a 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.
7. A Consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Consultant’s Qualification-based Selection (CQS) method set
out in the Procurement Regulations.
8. Further information can be obtained at the address below during the following office hours 0900 and 1600 hours from
Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours) East African Time (EAT) and public holidays.
9. Expression of interest must be delivered in written form by 19th June 2024 at 1000hours EAT. – using one of the
following modalities: (i) deposit in the tender box located on 12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi,
Kenya or (ii) send by email to: procurement@ict.go.ke and quote the Assignment title and Contract No. in the
subject row. For expressions of interest that will be deposited at the tender box, the packages should be clearly marked
Technical Assistance for Preparation of a Commercial Transaction Manual for Digital Infrastructure Deployment;
Contract No. KE-ICTA-407843-CS-CQS
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