CONSULTING SERVICE FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MANAGING E-WASTE

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER NOVEMBER 2024 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(Consulting Services – Individual 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 Feasibility Study for Managing E-Waste. The assignment is expected
to take Ten (10) calendar months from the date of contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following websites:
www.icta.go.ke/tenders 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 shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm
with core business in providing consulting services on E-waste management, digital access advisory
and research or related services for a period of at least five (5) years.
b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at
least two (2) assignments in reviewing and advising on laws, regulations and policy environments
concerning the ICT sector and eWaste Management in the last five (5) years. Provide particulars of
the assignments (name and address of the client, scope, value, and period).
c) Technical and managerial capability of the consulting firm: The firm shall demonstrate 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 Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) 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 27th November 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 Consulting Services for Feasibility Study for Managing E-Waste; Contract
No. KE-ICTA-392791-CS-QCBS
Address:
Chief Executive Officer,
The Information and Communications Technology Authority,
P.O Box 27150, Kenyatta Avenue
00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel.: (+254) 20 667 6999
E-mail: info@ict.go.ke / procurement@ict.go.ke
Attn: Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management