CONSULTING SERVICES TO UNDERTAKE BENEFICIARY SATISFACTION SURVEY FOR KENYA MARINE FISHERIES SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (KEMFSED) PROJECT

STATE DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY AND FISHERIES TENDER DECEMBER 2024  

Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED)

Request for Expression of Interest (Consulting Services – Firm Selection)

1. This Request for Expression of Interest follows the General Procurement
Notice for this project that appeared in Development Business;
of 10th August 2020.
2. The Government of Kenya has received a Credit from International
Development Agency (IDA) towards the cost of the Kenya Marine
Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED)
and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Credit to payments
under this contract: Consultancy Services to Undertake Beneficiary
Satisfaction Survey for Kenya Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic Development
(KEMFSED) Project. Contract No.KE-MOMBEMA-C2-2024-
037-CS-CQS/ MMBEMA/SDBE&F/04/2024-2025.
3. The overall objective of this assignment is to ascertain the beneficiaries’
perception on the effectiveness of the project interventions offered
and the bundle of benefits derived from the project and assess
their level of satisfaction with the services and products. The assignment
is intended to assess one of the performance indicators in the
Project Results Framework – ‘share of target beneficiaries with rating
satisfied or above on the project interventions.
4. The tasks to be carried out under the assignment includes but not
limited to:
i) Grants provided for CIG/CBO subprojects
On the grants provided for the subprojects’ implementation,
assess the level of satisfaction among the beneficiaries on the
following:
• Funding levels
• Subproject preparation and implementation process as
guided in the Project Grant Manual (PGM)
• Technical assistance provided during implementation
• Assess the subproject procurement process
• CIG performance
• Subproject categories implemented
• Grievance redress mechanisms
• Handling of environmental and social safeguards
• Guidance provided on sustainability of the subprojects
ii) Training-related activities undertaken
In view of the training sessions conducted, the following tasks
will be undertaken:
• Assess the content of all training sessions conducted
against the capacity needs of the beneficiaries
• Assess the level of understanding of the subject matter
among the target beneficiaries against the training content
offered;
• Assess the adoption of the different technologies and
practices by project beneficiaries
• Assess the level of satisfaction by recipient beneficiaries
of the various training sessions conducted and the justification
for the same
iii) Scholarships/Internship Programme
• Assess the coverage of the scholarships/interns within
the project area;
• Assess and determine the degree of involvement of the
target beneficiaries in designing the scholarship and internship
programme;
• Assess and determine the degree of beneficiaries’ satisfaction
with regard to the mechanism of awarding the
scholarship and internship grants
• Assess the level of perception and reception of the various
categories of scholarships by beneficiaries and degree
of satisfaction with the same;
• Interrogate the level of satisfaction rating provided by
the respondents reached.
• Reveal deficiencies and consolidate the experience in
the course of the survey
Over and above the tasks raised in each of the three areas above, the survey
will also establish the following from the respondents:
• What worked well and that which didn’t work well
• Critical success factors
• Recommendations from the respondents, and
• Lessons learnt.

5. The Firm shall have the following qualifications:
This Assignment will be conducted by a firm with similar experience
in;
Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/
incorporated as a consulting firm with core business in the field survey
and with an understanding of beneficiary satisfaction or related fields
for a period of a minimum of 10 years.
Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully
executed and completed at least 2 No. assignments of similar
nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the last
5 years. Details of similar assignments- Name and address of the client,
scope, value, and period should be provided in the submitted
Expression of Interest including enumeration of these similar past assignments.
Technical and managerial capability of the firm: The firm shall
demonstrate as having the requisite technical capacity 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 Consulting Services Contract is expected to be for a period of One
Hundred and Twenty (120) Days from the date of commencement.
7. The State Department of Blue Economy and Fisheries through the
Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development
(KEMFSED) Project now invites listed firms to express their interest
in providing the services. The shortlisted will focus on experience in
similar assignments, Similar Environment and Availability of Key Experts
among the staff.
8. The Consultant Firm will be selected in accordance with the Consultant
Qualification Selection method (CQS) set out in the World
Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated September
2023 fifth Edition (Regulations).
9. The listed Firms may obtain further information at the address below
from 0900 to 1700 hours East African Time (EAT) from Monday to
Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours EAT) and public holidays
or download full TORs on Website: www.kemfsed.org; www.
tenders.go.ke; www.mibema.go.ke
10 Expression of interest shall be delivered by 14th January, 2025 at
1100 hours EAT. – using one of the following modalities: (i) deposit
in the tender box located on Mezzanine Floor, Maktaba Kuu Building
Opposite NHIF Ngong Road Nairobi, Kenya or (ii) send by email to:
info@kemfsed.org and quote the Assignment title and Contract No.
in the Subject row. For expressions of interest that will be deposited at
the tender box, the packages should be clearly marked Consultancy
Services to Undertake Beneficiary Satisfaction Survey for Kenya
Marine Fisheries Socio-Economic Development (KEMFSED) Project;
Contract No.: KE-MOMBEMA-C2-2024-037-CS-CQS/ MMBEMA/
SDBE&F/04/2024-2025.

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