INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT – ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALIST

STATE DEPARTMENT FOR DEVOLUTION TENDER APRIL 2025 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES-INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT SELECTION-IC-CQs)

1. The Government of Kenya (GoK) has received funding from the World Bank towards the cost of Second
   Kenya Devolution Support Program KDSP-II, and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments
   under the contract for consulting services. The Program has three key result areas;
   (i) Sustainable Financing and Expenditure Management. This KRA supports efforts towards
   enhancing financing to, and expenditure management by counties.
   (ii) Intergovernmental Coordination, Institutional Performance, and Human Resource
   Management. This KRA supports national and county government initiatives towards strengthening
   intergovernmental coordination, institutional performance, and Human Resource Management
   (HRM), and
   (iii) Oversight, Participation, and Accountability. KRA 3 will support improvements in oversight,
   participation, and accountability. The IPF component will support the development of guidelines on
   project stocktaking, community-led project management committees, and climate change risk
   screening and preparedness (including assessment of the climate resilience of existing
   infrastructure assets). Specific Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) have been developed to
   monitor results for each of the three result areas.
2. The primary objective of this consultancy is to assist the Program Coordinator, through the National Program
   Coordination Unit (NPCU) in the exercise of his/her duties in relation to environmental risk management
   of the program activities including but not limited to county infrastructure and services, capacity building of
   county safeguards personnel, review of environmental reports, provision of technical advice to counties and
   the NPCU as well as liaison with the relevant regulatory agencies such as NEMA as may be necessary. The
   environmental safeguards specialist will also ensure the Program is implemented as per the relevant national
   laws and regulations, and specifically the Environmental Management and Coordination Act (EMCA 1999;
   amended 2015).
3. 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” Procurement Regulations revised November 2020, 4th
   edition, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
4. The State Department for Devolution now invites eligible individual consultants to submit Expressions of
   interest for consideration. Interested consultants must provide information demonstrating that they have the
   required qualifications and relevant experience to provide the services. The short listing criteria will be as
   indicated in the TORs.
5. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines:
   Selection and Employment of Consultants [under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants] by World Bank
   Borrowers.
6. Interested Individual Consultants may obtain further information at the address below from 0900 to 1700
   hours East African Time (EAT) from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours EAT) and
   public holidays.
7. The terms of reference are available on The Public Procurement Information Portal https://tenders.go.ke and
   the State Department For Devolution Website https://www.devolution.go.ke
8. Interested Individual Consultants should submit their expression of interest, which must be delivered
   in a written form and must be accompanied with copies CVs and copies of relevant documents and
   testimonials/recommendations (copies of Academic and Professional Qualifications and Registration/
   Licensing Certificates) in plain sealed envelope clearly marked: Individual Consultant – Environmental
   Safeguards Specialist Reference No. KE-SDD-480443-CS-INDV and addressed (in person, or by e-mail)
   to;
   The Principal Secretary,
   State Department for Devolution
   P.O. Box 30004 – 00100 Nairobi.
   Attention: Program Coordinator KDSPII
   E-mail: secondkdsp@gmail.com
9. The Expression of Interest shall be delivered using one of the following modalities;
10. Deposit in the Tender Box located on 5th Floor Teleposta Towers – Kenyatta Avenue Nairobi, Kenya.
11. Send via email to; secondkdsp@gmail.com
12. Deadline for submission of Expression of Interest is Tuesday 6th May 2025 at 1100 hours East African time.
    Note: Late submissions will not be accepted.
    PROJECT COORDINATOR (KDSP II)
    FOR: PRINCIPAL SECRETARY/ STATE DEPARTMENT FOR DEVOLUTION