CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR KISUMU INFORMAL SETTLEMENT SANITATION PROJECT, KENYA

LAKE VICTORIA SOUTH WATER WORKS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TENDER NOVEMBER 2024 

Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency, is one of the nine Water Works Development Agencies, established in the new Water Act 2016. The Agency is currently under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. It covers 8 counties of Bomet, Homa Bay, Kericho, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nyamira and Siaya.

The EAC (East African Community) has received a grant through KfW Development Bank from the Federal Republic of Germany and from European Union EDF-11 Regional Indicative Programme towards the implementation of the Lake Victoria Basin Integrated Water Resources Management Programme (LVB-IWRMP). The project aims to strengthen the long term strategic and regional function of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), and to improve water quality and availability through strategic management of the Lake Victoria Basin through a reduction of effluents into Lake Victoria and the river systems through targeted infrastructure investments in liquid and solid waste management.

The agency now invites applications for prequalification from all eligible bidders for the Construction works for Kisumu Informal Settlement Sanitation Project, Kenya

Deadline for Submission of Application: 06/12/2024, 12:00 p.m. Kenyan Local Time

1. This Invitation for Prequalification follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared on the website of Germany Trade and Invest GmbH (GTAI) on 05/11/2024. This contract will be jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW and the European Union (EU). The prequalification and the bidding processes are for international competitive bidding (ICB), and will be governed by Kenyan national laws and regulations and the eligibility rules and procurement guidelines of KfW, as defined in the KfW Guidelines for the Procurement of Consulting Services, Works, Plant, Goods and Non-Consulting Services in Financial Cooperation with Partners, https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/PDF/Download-Center/PDF-Dokumente-Richtlinien/FZ-Vergaberichtlinien-V-2021-EN.pdf . Properly executed Declarations of Undertaking shall be duly signed and submitted by all partners of the Applicant together with their Application. Applying firms shall not be subject to any EU sanctions or exclusions and a respective database inquiry of EDES might be conducted for verification.
2. The Republic of Kenya, represented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning has received financing grant from KfW towards part of the cost of the Project. The National Project Executing Agency is Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWWDA).
3. LVSWWDA (the “Employer”) intends to prequalify firms and joint ventures for bidding for the contract under this project.
4. The anticipated contract scope of works includes:

• Construction of approximately 15 km Infill Sewers
• Construction of up to 550 Nr Shared Plot Level Sanitation Blocks
• Construction of 4 Nr. Ablution Blocks in Public Schools
• Procurement of Vehicles, Operation and Maintenance Equipment and Construction of one Divisional Office

5. This procurement application is for one works contract.
6. The duration of the Works is anticipated to be 18 months (+12 months DNP). The Works are anticipated to commence in the beginning of 2025.
7. It is expected that the Invitation for Bids will be made in February 2025.
8. Bidding Documents will be prepared in accordance with KfW Standard Bidding Documents for Works, with General Conditions governed by “Multilateral Development Bank Harmonised Edition (2010)” Conditions of Contract for Construction (Pink Book), as under the license agreement between KfW and FIDIC.
9. For purposes of communication during the preparation of Prequalification Application, a Firm / Joint Venture / Association intending to submit Application shall be required to pre-register its intent by an email communication to the Employer through the address indicated: procurement@lvswwda.go.ke and cc mmayi@lvswwda.go.ke. The Prequalification Documents can be accessed free of charge from the LVSWWDA website www.lvswwda.go.ke or the Government Tender Portal www.tenders.go.ke.
10. Any addenda/ clarifications will also be posted in the LVSWWDA website and the Government Tender Portal immediately they become available.
11. Applications for Prequalification shall be in an envelope clearly marked with the following:

Prequalification Application for: High Priority Investments within Lake Victoria Basin
Integrated Water Resources Management Programme“ Kisumu Informal Settlement Sanitation Project, Kenya” Construction works for Kisumu Informal Settlement Sanitation Project, Kenya

containing one (1) original and two (2) copies plus one (1) soft copy, in English language, and delivered physically to the address below. Electronic submission is not an option.

Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency
Lavictors House, Off Ring Road, Milimani

P.O. Box 3325 – 40100

Kisumu, Kenya

The prequalification applications will be opened immediately thereafter in the presence of interested applicants who may wish to attend.