Avis d’appel d’offre pour le projet d’appui à l’enseignement et à la formation techniques et professionnels et à l’esprit d’entreprise (TVETE) – (projet GOK/AFDB TVET phase III), Kenya

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT NOTICE

INVITATION FOR BIDS [IFB]

GOODS

(ONE-ENVELOPE BIDDING PROCESS)

PURCHASER : MINISTRY OF EDUCATION – STATE DEPARTMENT FOR VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL TRAINING

PROJECT : SUPPORT TO TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (TVETE) PROJECT – (GOK/AFDB TVET PHASE III PROJECT)

COUNTRY : KENYA

DATE : 5th July 2022

LOAN NO.:  ADF No. 2100150042254

1. This Invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project that appeared in UNDB online on 8 June 2020 and on the African Development Bank Group’s Internet Website ;

2. The Government of the Republic of Kenya has received financing from the African Development Fund hereinafter called the Bank towards the cost of the Support to Technical and Vocational Education and Training and Entrepreneurship (TVETE) Project – (GOK/AfDB TVET PHASE III PROJECT), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Calibration, Commissioning and Training on the use and Maintenance of Training Equipment ;

3. The Ministry of Education – State Department for Vocational and Technical Training now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for Supply, Delivery, Installation, Calibration, Commissioning and Training on the Use and Maintenance of training equipment as shown below :

4. Bidders may Bid for one or more lots, as applicable and, as further defined in the bidding document. For Lot 1 and Lot 2, bidders must bid for ALL the packages in the Lot. Bidders wishing to offer discounts in case they are awarded more than one lot as applicable will be allowed to do so, provided those discounts are included in the Letter of Bid ;

5. Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (International), (OCBI) method as specified in the Bank’s Procurement Framework2 and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Framework ;

6. Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information and inspect the bidding document during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours at the address given below :

Ministry of Education- State Department for Vocational and Technical Training The Project Coordinator – GoK/AfDB TVETE (GoK/AfDB TVET PHASE III) Project Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, 24th Floor, Room 2409 NAIROBI, KENYA.

Email : pc.afdbtvetphase2@gmail.com

7. The bidding document in English may be purchased by interested eligible Bidders upon the submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of Kenya Shillings One Thousand (KES. 1,000) or its equivalent in freely convertible currency, to the Cashier Ministry of Education- State Department for Vocational and Technical Training, Harambee Avenue, Jogoo House B, 9th Floor Room 925. Tender documents may also be viewed and downloaded free of charge from the Ministry of Education website https://www.education.go.ke/. Those who choose to download the tender document and intend to submit a bid MUST register their details at the office of the Project Coordinator, Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue, 24th Floor, Room 2409 or through email pc.afdbtvetphase2@gmail.com for the purpose of receiving any other information, clarifications and addenda;

8. The Tenderer shall chronologically serialize all pages of the Tender documents submitted ;

9. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 16th August 2022, 10.00 am Local 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 :

Ministry of Education-State Department of Vocational and Technical Training

Jogoo House B

Harambee Avenue, Ground Floor

SDVTT Tender Box

P.O. Box 9583 – 00200 Nairobi

Telephone: +254 020 318581

Tel/Fax: 254 020 2251991

NAIROBI, KENYA

10. Bids shall be valid for a bid period of 120 days after bid opening. All Bids must be accompanied by a bid security as indicated in the table above in Kenya Shillings or its equivalent in any freely convertible currency. The bid security shall be in the form of a Bank guarantee and must be from a reputable commercial bank supervised by the Central Bank of Kenya ;

11. The address(es) referred to above is (are) :

Ministry of Education

Directorate of Technical Education

The Project Coordinator – GoK/AfDB TVETE (GoK/AfDB TVET PHASE III) Project

Teleposta Towers, Kenyatta Avenue,

P.O. Box 9583 – 00200 Nairobi

Telephone : +254 020 318581

Tel/Fax : 254 020 2251991

NAIROBI, KENYA

Email : pc.afdbtvetphase2@gmail.com

Website : https://www.education.go.ke/