THE NATIONAL TREASURY AND PLANNING TENDER MARCH 2022
NT-PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, FINANCING LOCALLY-LED CLIMATE ACTION (FLLoCA) PROGRAM
| REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST |
(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
Credit No: 6890 – KE
Project ID No:P173065
CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS (APAs) OF ALL COUNTIES FOR THE NATIONAL TREASURY AND PLANNING, FINANCING LOCALLY- LED CLIMATE ACTION (FLLoCA) PROGRAM
Reference No. FLLoCA/PIU/CS/01/2021-2022
The Government of Kenya (GoK) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program (FLLoCA), and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) is for Annual Performance Assessment (APA) for determination of County Governments performance for accessing investment funds of the National Treasury and Planning, Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program.
The Financing Locally – Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) Program will undertake the Annual Assessments of the performance of the Counties in Climate Change adaptation and resilience building actions. The overall objective of the APAs is to assess the performance of the Counties to determine grant access and allocations, guide capacity development in use of (i)County Climate Institutional Support (CCIS) Grant, and (ii) County Climate Resilience Investment (CCRI) Grant, and inform capacity building requirements to National entities, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to allow them to support counties in the implementation of the Program and identified cross-cutting gaps under the IPF component.
The Main objectives of the Annual Performance Assessments (APAs) is to assess the status of adherance of:
- i)The Minimum Access Conditions for the County Climate Institutional Support Grant (the CCIS grant) ;
- ii)The Minimum Performance Conditions for the County Climate Resilience Investment Grant (the CCRI grant);
iii) The Performance Measures, to establish a performance score for the County Climate Resilience Investment (CCRI) grant allocation; and
- iv)The Program Results Indicators as specified in the Results Framework.
The APAs will be undertaken in Three (3) continuous years (Yearl-2022, Year2-2023, Year3-2024). The Annual Performance Assessments for Yearl is scheduled to take place towards the end of quarter 2 of Financial Year 2022/2023. For Year 2 and Year 3 the Consultant should be ready to carry out the annual assessment in February and March, with the process completed before the end of April.
Under the Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the assignment, the consultancy firm will be hired for three APAs on the basis of a contract renewable, subject to satisfactory performance.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website www.treasury. go.ke; www.tenders.go.ke
The National Treasury through the Program Implementation Unit (PIU) 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.
The shortlisting criteria includes: Specific experience of the Consultant (as a firm) relevant to the assignment should be demonstrated; specifically, previous similar assignments successfully completed in the last l0 years conducted at national or regional scales, and demonstrate experience of projects that were legally contracted by the Client as a company or was one of the joint venture partners. Experience conducting donor funded programme assessments levels within devolved/ subnational governments in at least two (2) projects. Demonstrable track record of success in performing annual performance assessments; Evidence of acceptance of past assessments; and Local content requirement specifically experienced national expert(s) is necessary for this assignment. Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
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” July 2016 and revised in November 2017, August 2018 and November 2020 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
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.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the Procurement Regulations.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during the following office hours 0900 and 1600 hours.
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by 13th April 2022 at 1600hrs East African Time.
Postal Address:
The National Treasury
Program Implementation Unit
Attention: Program Coordinator
P.O.Box 30007-00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
Telephone No.:+254 20 2252299
Email: programcoordinator.piu@gmail.com
or
Physical Address:
The National Treasury
Program Implementation Unit
Attention: Program Coordinator
7th Floor,Re-Insurance Plaza
Building No.4 Aga Khan Walk/Taifa Road
Nairobi, Kenya
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