CONSULTANCY SERVICES – SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF DESIGN, SUPPLY, INSTALLATION, TESTING & COMMISSIONING OF SOLAR PV PUMPING SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CORPORATION TENDER JULY 2025 

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION)

The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya
Off-grid Solar Access Project for Underserved Counties (KOSAP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds
for consulting services.
The consulting services (“the Services”) include Supervision and Management of Design, Supply, Installation,
Testing & Commissioning of Solar PV Pumping System for Community Facilities in different counties. The
assignment may require 99 Professional Person-months and will be implemented between the period from
1st October, 2025 ensuring full consistency with the Terms of Reference (ToR) referred to in this Request for
Expressions of Interest (REOI).
The detailed scope of service shall be as per the ToR which can be accessed on Rural Electrification and
Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) website (www.rerec.co.ke).
Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC), now invites eligible Consulting Firms (Consultants)
to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants shall provide information
demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services.
The shortlisting criteria are:
1. Relevance and suitability of the applicant firm’s core business to this assignment.
2. Interested consultancy firms must have at least ten (10) years of experience since registration.
3. The firms must have undertaken similar assignments in a developing country within the last five (5) years.
4. Successful delivery of minimum of two (2) similar assignments in nature, complexity and size
assignments; One (1) of the two projects must be in Solar PV water pumping systems.
5. Experience in Consultancy (Supervision and Management of Works) contracts in the Renewable Energy
sector, in at least Two (2) contracts, each with a minimum value of USD One million, five hundred
thousand (1.5 Million USD).
6. The firm’s overall organizational competence, capability and qualifications as demonstrated through its
overall technical experts’ size and mix, financial, technical and managerial strengths in the industry.
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” dated July 2016 and revised in September 2023 (5th
Edition) . (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
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.
If the consultant is a Joint Venture (JV), the Expression of Interest shall include a copy of the JV Agreement
entered into by all members (Maximum two (2) members only). Alternatively, a letter of intent to execute a
JV Agreement in the event of a successful proposal shall be signed by all members and submitted with the
Expression of Interest, together with a copy of the proposed Agreement.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out
in the Procurement Regulations. Among the submitted applications, REREC will shortlist on the basis of the
above listed criteria a maximum of Eight (8) consultants to whom the Request for Proposals (RFP) to carry
out the Services shall be sent.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours between
0830 to 1200 and 1400 to 1600 hours (East Africa time).

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