CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR PREPARATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADING PLANS 2024

MINISTRY OF LANDS, PUBLIC WORKS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TENDER SEPTEMBER 2024 

STATE DEPARTMENT FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

(CONSULTING SERVICES-FIRM SELECTION)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank and French Development Agency (AFD) towards the cost of the Second Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP2) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The Consulting services (the Services) include:

• Preparation of Infrastructure Upgrading Plans, Engineering Designs and Procurement Documents and Construction Supervision of Infrastructure Improvement Works

The assignment is expected to take Thirty-Four (34) calendar months from the contract commencement date.

3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.housingandurban.go.ke/tenders  or can be obtained at the address given below.
4. The State Department for Housing and Urban Development (the Client) in the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development through its Project Implementation Team, now invites eligible consulting firms ( “Consultants’’) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should pro- vide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:
5. i)Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in engineering or related field for a period of at least ten (10) years.
6. ii)Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least two assignments of similar nature and scope in similar operating environments in the last ten (10) years. Details of similar assignments-Name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted with an Expression of Interest (EoI).

iii)   Technical and managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having the requisite technical capacity including relevant equipment, tools, software etc. and managerial capacity to under- take the assignment in the submitted company profile(s).

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 September 2023, fifth edition (“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 Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
8. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours i.e. 0900 to 1700 Hours East African Time, (EAT).
9. Expression of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below either in person, by mail or by e-mail by 24th September 2024 at 1100 Hours EAT.

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