CONSULTING SERVICES FOR ACCELERATING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT AND PARTIC- IPATION IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR FOR THE NAVCDP PRIORITY VALUE CHAINS
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT TENDER DECEMBER 2024
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)
Country: | Kenya |
Name of Project: | National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project- NAVCDP |
Credit No.: | 70640 |
Assignment Title: | Consulting Services for Accelerating Private Sector Investment and partic- ipation in the Agriculture Sector for the NAVCDP priority Value Chains |
Reference No.: | KE-MOALF-457201-CS- QCBS |
1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the National Agricultural
Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting
services.
2. The Consulting Services (“the Services) include Consulting Services for Accelerating Private Sector Involvement
and participation in the Agriculture Sector for the priority value chains. The estimated period of assignment is
twelve (12) months.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website:
www.kilimo.go.ke
4. The State Department for Agriculture (“the Client”) 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 are:
a) Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm
in the field of agriculture and rural development or related fields for a period of at least four (4) years.
b) Experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least two
(2) assignments similar in nature both in scope and complexity in a similar operating environment in
the last three (3) years. Details of the assignments (Name and address of the client, scope, value, and
period) should be provided and submitted in the submitted expression of interest (EOI).
c) 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 undertake
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 Fifth Edition September
2023 (“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 Selection Based on the Consultants Qualification Selection
QCBS) method set out in the World Banks Framework Agreement arrangements described in the procurement
Regulations.
8. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours East African
Time (EAT).