REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF THE E-VOUCHER IMPACT ASSESSMENT SURVEY

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, FISHERIES AND COOPERATIVES TENDER JANUARY 2022  

State Department for Crops Development and Agricultural Research 

KENYA CEREAL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME-CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS 

WINDOW (KCEP-CRAL)

1. The Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme – Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods Programme (KCEP-CRAL) is an expansion of the Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme (KCEP) to the ASALs. The Programme is a strategic partnership between the Government of Kenya (GoK), European Union (EU), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD and three Rome Based Agencies (RBAs) namely: The World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agricultural Organiza­tion (FAO). In this partnership, the RBAs build on their comparative advantages to support the Government in graduating farmers from recurrent food insecurity to market-oriented farming, by promotion of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), resilience to Climate Change (CC) and sustainable Natural Resources Management (NRM).
2. The Programme is financed by EU, IFAD and the GoK, beneficiary farmer, Partner Financial Institutions (PFIs) and Private in­vestors and supervised by IFAD. The Financing Agreement (FA) was signed on 26th August 2015, for a duration of Seven (7) years with Programme completion and finance closing dates of 30th September 2022 and 31st March 2023 respectively.
3. The Kenya Cereal Enhancement Programme-Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods (KCEP-CRAL) supports graduation of targeted smallholders’ farmers to commercial agriculture through financial services, along with other interventions, in Kenya. The main objectives of the financial services is to facilitate access to improved agricultural inputs for targeted farm­ers to boost their yields and income generation. Through the electronic voucher “e-voucher” scheme, it is expected that targeted farmers will graduate to commercial farming while increasing their linkages with the financial market as a pathway to sustainable agricultural enterprises.
4. The main objective of this assignment is to identify a suitable Firm to conduct a full impact assessment with high quality data and information at household and community levels for use in carrying out an impact assessment of the E-voucher Programme taking into account IFAD’s guidelines on impact assessment. The firm shall be further responsible for undertak­ing a full impact assessment that will include; survey design, set-up and implementation, data and information collection; data analysis, high level report consolidation and production of a policy brief on e-voucher. The analyses of the data shall be both through qualitative and quantitative methods. The data collection will cover the 13 Programme Counties with a possibility to include beneficiaries from control counties not exceeding 3 counties. The total number of the households to be interviewed will not be less than 10,000 for beneficiaries and not less than 5,000 for the control group.
5. The Programme invites interested and eligible firms legally registered and competent to participate and submit sealed bids for the purposes of bidding for the tender below.

6. The eligible firms shall be evaluated based on the criteria determined in the REOI document as follows:

• Preliminary Examination
• General Experience in undertaking of large-scale quantitative and qualitative large surveys/studies.
• Specific Experience undertaking in implementation of a complex and large impact survey/ study in the agrarian sector.

7. Interested firms may obtain further information from the Programme procurement office Tel; 0770 174 188. Email: tenders.kcepcralprogramme@gmail.com on normal working days beginning on the date of the advert.
8. The bidding document can be downloaded by interested Bidders FREE OF CHARGE from the Ministry’s website: www.kilimo.go.ke under “tender” links or the Programme website www.kcepcral.go.ke
9. Eligible bidders who download the document from the above website(s) are required to submit their particulars (name & address of the firm, contact person & their mobile number) to the KCEP-CRAL official procurement email address; (tenders.kcepcralprogramme@gmail.com), using their official e-mail addresses for records and any further tender clari­fications and addenda.
10. All bidders are also advised to regularly visit the Programme website (www.kcepcral.go.ke), to obtain any additional information/addendum on the tender that may be issued before the tender closing date.
11. Complete set of tender documents MUST be submitted in plain sealed envelopes clearly marked with tender reference number to the following address:

The Principal Secretary,

State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research,

P.O. Box 30028-00100,

Kilimo House, Cathedral Road, Nairobi,

Tel: 0770174188.

12. And dropped in the Tender Box situated at the reception of MOALF&C ground floor Kilimo House, Cathedral Road so as to reach the above address on or before Tuesday, 1st February 2022 at 10.00am EAT as indicated above.
13. Due to the Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic, the following MEASURES SHALL be adhered to during the Bid Opening of this tender.
14. a)Where bidders or their representatives choose to attend the bid opening, the Procuring entity shall ensure the open­ing venue is spacious and observe a social distance of at least 1.5 meters away from each other and all Ministry of Health Protocols shall be observed.
15. b)Screening of the attendees shall take place.
16. c)Failure by bidders to attend any bid opening SHALL NOT invalidate the process.
17. d)The results of the bid opening shall be communicated by e-mail within 7 days from the date of the tender opening. Bidders should THEREFORE SUBMIT their registration details via kcepcralprogramme@gmail.com.
18. Eligibility:
19. a)Director (s) bidding under different companies for the same tender shall be disqualified.
20. b)Any form of Canvassing will lead to disqualification.

The Principal Secretary,

State Department for Crop Development and Agricultural Research