CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION OF LANDING SITES

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

AQUACULTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME(ABDP

IFAD Loan No. 2000002052

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 services for construction supervision of landing sites
This request for expressions of interest (REOI) follows the general procurement notice that appeared on the IFAD
website on 23rd October 2024 on UNDB on 23rd October 2024 and on MyGov pullout of the Star newspaper on
22nd October 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.

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 construction supervision: attach 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 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.
Kindly note that the Key experts will not be evaluated at this stage.
Consultants may associate with other firms in the form of a joint venture or a sub-consultancy to enhance their
qualifications.
Any request for clarification on this REOI should be sent via e-mail to the address below procurement@abdpcu.
org no later than 4th December April 2024 EAT. The client will provide responses to all clarification requests by
6th December 2024 EAT.
“Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form using the forms provided for this purpose. EOIs shall be
submitted to the address below no later than 11.00AM 11th December 2024 EAT. ”
The Programme Coordinator
Aquaculture Business Development Programme
P.O.Box 904-10100 Nyeri
Kamakwa Road, Nyeri
EOI can also be submitted on email through email address: procurement@abdpcu.org with the words
“Consultancy services for construction supervision of landing sites” as the Title.