DESIGN & SUPERVISION OF THE SET-UP AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF AN ICT SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTRE FOR GOVERNMENT (GOVSOC)

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER SEPTEMBER 2024  

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP) ICTA-Program Implementation Unit (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 Set-Up and Operationalization of an
ICT Security Operations Centre for Government. The assignment is expected to take sixteen (16) calendar months
from the date of contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.icta.go.ke
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 consulting firm shall be registered/incorporated as a
consulting firm with core business in the field of Cybersecurity or related fields for a minimum period of
ten (5) years.
a) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at
least two (2) assignments of similar nature and complexity and in a similar operating environment in
the last five (5) years. Details of similar assignments, with the name and address of the client, scope,
value, and period should be provided and submitted.
b) Technical and managerial capability of the consulting firm: The firm shall demonstrate having the
requisite technical and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment (attach company profile).
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 Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) 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 2nd October 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 and Supervision of the Set-Up and Operationalization of an ICT Security
Operations Centre for Government (GovSoc); Contract No. KE-ICTA-410949-CS-QCBS
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