CONSULTING SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE BASELINE EVALUATION FOR THE FOOD SYSTEMS RESILIENCE PROJECT (FSRP)

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT TENDER JANUARY 2025 

STATE DEPARTMENT FOR AGRICULTURE

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

1. This Request for expression of interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared in Development Business of 22nd July 2024.
2. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
3. The Consulting Services (“the Services) include Consulting Services to undertake Baseline Evaluation for FSRP. The estimated period of assignment is six (6) calendar months.
4. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.kilimo.go.ke and www.fsrp.go.ke
5. 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:
6. a)Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in undertaking integrated socio-economic household and firm surveys for baseline evaluation for agricultural value chain development or related fields for a period of at least eight (8) years.
7. b)Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least two assignments on comprehensive socio-economic baseline survey of similar nature, scale, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the last five (5) years, including using the CAPI data collection instrument. Details of similar assignments, Name and address of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted. Expression of Interest should include enumeration of these similar past assignments.
8. c)Technical and managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having the requisite technical capacity including relevant equipment, tools, software and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment in the submitted company profile(s).

Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage

6. 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.
7. 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.
8. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Selection Based on the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out in the World Banks Framework Agreement arrangements described in the procurement Regulations.
9. Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0900 to 1700 hours East African Time (EAT) from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours EAT) and public holidays.

National Project Coordinator Food Systems Resilience Project (FSRP)

P.O. Box 8073-00200 NAIROBI

Capitol Hill Towers, 3th Floor, Cathedral Road.

Phone: +254-020-2715466

Email: info@fsrp.go.ke

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