DESIGN & SUPERVISION OF THE REFURBISHMENT OF FIVE (5) HUDUMA CENTRES IN BORDERLAND AREAS

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER NOVEMBER 2024 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

(Consulting Services – Firms Selection)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Digital
Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Design & Supervision of the Refurbishment of Five (5) Huduma
Centres in Borderland Areas. The assignment is expected to take Eighteen (18) calendar months from the
date of contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following websites: www.icta.
go.ke/tenders and www.tenders.go.ke or can be obtained at the address given below.
4. The Information and Communications Technology Authority 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 are:
a) Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting engineering
firm for a period of at least ten (10) years.
b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least
two (2) assignments of similar nature both in scope and complexity in similar operating environment in
the last ten (10) years. Details of the assignment-Name and address of the client, scope, value, and period
shall be provided in the submitted expression of interest(EoI).
c) Technical and managerial capability of the consulting 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 Consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Consultant Qualification Selection (CQS) method set
out in the Procurement Regulations.
8. Further information can be obtained at the address below during the following office hours 0900 and 1600
hours from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours) East African Time (EAT) and public
holidays.
9. Expression of interest must be delivered in written form by 4th December 2024 at 1000hours EAT. – using
one of the following modalities: (i) deposit in the tender box located on 12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta
Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya or (ii) send by email to: procurement@ict.go.ke 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 Design & Supervision of the Refurbishment of Five (5) Huduma Centres in
Borderland Areas; Contract No. KE-ICTA-405568-CS-CQS
Address:
Chief Executive Officer,
The Information and Communications Technology Authority,
P.O Box 27150, Kenyatta Avenue
00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel.: (+254) 20 667 6999
E-mail: info@ict.go.ke / procurement@ict.go.ke
Attn: Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management