DESIGN, SUPPLY, INSTALLATION & COMMISSIONING OF THE 400/220 KV KIMUKA SUBSTATION AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION LINES

KENYA ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED TENDER JULY 2025 

Specific Procurement Notice (Updated Version)

Invitation for Bids for
Plant Design, Supply, and Installation
(Two-envelope Bidding Process, Without Prequalification)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Kenya
   Green and Resilient Expansion of Energy (GREEN) Program Phase 2 Project and intends to apply part
   of the proceeds toward payments under the Contract for Design, Supply, Installation & Commissioning
   of the 400/220 kV Kimuka Substation and Associated Transmission Lines.
2. The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. now invites sealed Bids from eligible Bidders for the
   Design, Supply, Installation & Commissioning of the 400/220 kV Kimuka Substation and Associated
   Transmission Lines.
3. Bidding will be conducted through international competitive procurement using a Request for Bids
   (RFB) as specified in the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers dated September
   2023 (5th 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 Senior Manager, Supply Chain Kenya
   Electricity Transmission Company Ltd. kimuka400procurement@ketraco.co.ke and inspect the
   bidding document during office hours, 0800 to 1500 hours EAT at the address given below.
5. The bidding document in English is available for download by interested eligible Bidders via this link:
   https://www.ketraco.co.ke/procurement/tenders/open-tenders Interested eligible Bidders are
   required to register with the Employer upon download of the bidding document via the email address
   indicated above and provide their official email address for purposes of communication during
   the entire bidding period.
6. Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 21st August 2025 at 1000hr EAT. Electronic
   bidding will not be permitted. Late Bids will be rejected. The outer Bid envelopes marked
   “ORIGINAL BID”, and the inner envelopes marked “TECHNICAL PART” will be publicly opened
   in the presence of the Bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend, at
   the address below on 21st August 2025 at 1000hr EAT. All envelopes marked “FINANCIAL PART”
   shall remain unopened and will be held in safe custody of the Employer until the second public Bid
   opening.
7. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Sixty-Six Million and Three Hundred Thousand
   Kenya Shillings (KES 66,300,000) or equivalent in a freely convertible currency.
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):
   Senior Manager, Supply Chain
   Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd
   Second Floor, Kawi Complex, Block B
   Off Popo Road, Off Red Cross Road, South C
   P O Box 34942 – 00100
   Nairobi
   kimuka400procurement@ketraco.co.ke
   https://www.ketraco.co.ke/procurement/tenders/open-tenders