PROCUREMENT OF FIREWALL LICENSES FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDERS OCTOBER 2024 
Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP)
ICTA-Program Implementation Unit

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

Request for Bids Goods (One-Envelope Bidding Process)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya
Digital Economy Acceleration Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under
the contract for firewall licenses for a period of 3 years. For this contract, the Borrower shall process the
payments using the Direct Payment disbursement method, as defined in the World Bank’s Disbursement
Guidelines for Investment Project Financing, except for those payments, which the contract provides to be
made through letter of credit.
2. The Information and Communications Technology Authority now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders
for procurement of firewall licenses to be delivered at the ICT Authority headquarters within a period of 2
months.
3. Bidding will be conducted through national competitive procurement using a Request for Bids (RFB) as
specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2023 Edition
(“Procurement Regulations”) and is open to all eligible Bidders as defined in the Procurement Regulations.
4. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from The Information and Communications
Technology Authority, Supply Chain Department, or through procurement@ict.go.ke and inspect the
bidding document during office hours 0900 to 1600 hours at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested Bidders upon the submission of a written
application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Kshs. 1,000.00. The
method of payment will be in cash at the cash office located at 12th Floor, Telposta Towers. The document
will be sent by mail, courier or hand delivered.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 28th November 2024 at 1000hrs East African
Time. Electronic Bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in
the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address
below on 28th November 2024 at 1000hrs
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Kenya Shillings 500,000.00 in the form of a bank guarantee
from a reputable commercial bank regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya or insurance guarantee
from an insurance firm approved by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority.
8. Attention is drawn to the Procurement Regulations requiring the Borrower to disclose information on the
successful bidder’s beneficial ownership, as part of the Contract Award Notice, using the Beneficial Ownership
Disclosure Form as included in the bidding document.
9. The address(es) referred to above is (are):
Stanley Kamanguya, OGW
Chief Executive Officer
Information and Communications Technology Authority
12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue
P.O. Box 27150-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
(+254) 20 667 6999
info@ict.go.ke / procurement@ict.go.ke
www.icta.go.ke