DEVELOPMENT & REVIEW OF GOK ICT STANDARDS, IMPLEMENTATION OF ISO 9001:2015 QUALITY MANAGEMENT, AND ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGE- MENT (ERM) FRAMEWORK AT ICT AUTHORITY

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER DECEMBER 2024 

Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP)
ICTA-Program Implementation Unit

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 Development & Review of GoK ICT Standards, Implementation
of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management, and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework at ICT Authority.
The assignment is expected to take Twelve (12) 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 firm
with core business in the field of ICT Consultancy, ISO and Risk Management consultancy or related
fields for a minimum period of (ten) 10 years
b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at
least two assignments of similar nature in any of the areas within scope, complexity and in a similar
operating environment in the last 8 years. Details of similar assignments, with the name and address of
the client, scope, value, and period should be provided
c) Technical and managerial capability of the consulting 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.
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 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 7th January 2025 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 Development & Review of GoK ICT Standards, Implementation of ISO
9001:2015 Quality Management, and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework at the ICT Authority;
Contract No. KE-ICTA-458284-CS-QCBS
Address:

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