CONSTRUCTION WORKS FORMOSON- GO-CHEBAI- TOP SUWERWA WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT

LAKE VICTORIA NORTH WATER WORKS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TENDERS OCTOBER 2024 

INVITATION TO TENDER

1. Lake Victoria North Water Works Development Agency has received financing from the Government
of Kenya through the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation and intends to apply part of the
proceeds of these funds towards the cost of Construction of the following Project.

2. The scope of works for the project includes but not limited to the following
i. Construction of Chepkaitit River Raw Water Intake with a capacity of 4,500m3
ii. Construction of Chepkaitit gravity raw water transmission pipeline of OD280 HDPE 0.875 km
long.
iii. Construction of River Mosongo Intake of Capacity 3,000m3
iv. Construction of Mosongo gravity Raw water main of OD 225 HDPE 13.8km long
v. Construction of 7,500m3/day conventional water treatment plant, including pumping and electromechanical
works
vi. Construction of treated water rising main of OD280 HDPE 7.1km Long
vii. Construction of treated water gravity transmission main of OD280 to OD160 HDPE 16km Long
viii. Construction of treated water gravity distribution mains of OD225 to OD110 HDPE 34.6km
Long
ix. Construction of a total 300m3 and 500m3 reinforced concrete tanks at Namba Yatoi, Tenden,
Kipkamen, Benon and Kamendi Centers.
3. Tendering will be conducted under open National Competitive Bidding method using a standardized
tender document and is open to all qualified and interested Tenderers registered in at least Category
NCA 3 for Water Works by the National Construction Authority.Qualified and interested Tenderers
may obtain further information and inspect the tender documents during office hours (08:00 to 17:00
hours), except during lunch break starting 13:00 to 14:00 Hours East African Time at the address given
below.
4. Complete sets of Bidding Documents in English language may be purchased by interested bidders on
the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non- refundable
fee of KES. 1,000.00. The method of payment will be cash deposit into the Agency’s Revenue Account
at Kenya Commercial Bank, Kakamega Branch Account No.1103686909) or by banker’s cheque from a
reputable bank in Kenya. Bidders will be issued with a receipt on submission of bank deposit slips. The
bidding documents will be collected from the address below upon production of a purchase receipt.
Tender documents may be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the Agency’s website
https://lvnwwda.go.ke or the Public Procurement Information Portal website www.tenders.go.ke.
5. Tenderers who download the tender document must forward their particulars immediately to :
procurement@lvnwwda.go.ke or info@lvnwwda.go.ke to facilitate any further clarifications or
addenda and for record purposes.
6. All Tenders must be accompanied by bid security as specified in the table above from a reputable bank
approved by the Central Bank of Kenya. The tender security shall be as prescribed in the bidding document
and valid for 150 days from the tender submission deadline.
7. Tenderers shall chronologically serialize all pages of the tender documents submitted.
8. MANDATORY site visits and pretender meetings shall take place as specified above. Interested bidders
are required to send one competent and officially authorized representative per firm for each tender.
9. Completed tenders should be deposited in the tender box at the Agency’s procurement offices in Kakamega,
delivered to the address below on, or before the dates stated above. Electronic Tenders will not
be permitted.
10. Tenders shall be opened immediately after the date and time specified above or any date and time
specified later. Tenders will be publicly opened in the presence of the Tenderers’ designated representatives
who choose to attend at the address below.
11. NOTE that Opening of tenders will be in line with the PPRA Guidelines as stipulated in Circular
No.02/2020 which can be accessed from their website www.ppra.go.ke
12. Late tenders will be rejected.
13. The address referred to above for inspection, submission and opening of tenders and obtaining further
information is:
Chief Executive Officer
Lake Victoria North Water Works Development AgencyKEFINCO Offices,
Off Kakamega-Kisumu Road
P.O. BOX 673 – 50100 KAKAMEGA
Telephone: 056– 203079, 2031552
Email address; info@lvnwwda.go.ke,
procurement@lvnwwda.go.ke