CONSULTING SERVICES FOR KENYA REVENUE AUTHORITY’S E-INVOICING PLATFORM SIMPLIFICATION, ENHANCEMENT AND REDESIGN, AND SUPERVISION OF IMPLEMENTATION

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER OCTOBER 2025 
Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP)
ICTA-Program Implementation Unit

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
(Consulting Services – Firms Selection)

1. The Government of Kenya has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Digital
   Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services.
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Consulting Services for Kenya Revenue Authority’s E-Invoicing
   Platform Simplification, Enhancement and Redesign, And Supervision of Implementation. The assignment is
   expected to take Eighteen (18) calendar months from the date of contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following websites:
   www.icta.go.ke/tenders and www.tenders.go.ke or can be obtained at the address given below.
4. The Information and Communications Technology Authority through the Program Implementation Unit (PIU)
   now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested
   Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and
   relevant experience to perform the Services. The shortlisting criteria are:
   a) Core business and years in business: The firm must be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm
   with core business in the field of ICT Systems and solutions Development and Delivery or related field
   for a minimum of five (5) years
   b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at
   least two (2) assignments of a similar nature both in scope and complexity in a similar operating environment
   in the last four (4) years. Details of these assignments, including client names and addresses,
   scope, contract value, contract duration and year/period of assignment, must be provided
   c) Technical and managerial capability of the consulting firm: The firm shall demonstrate as having
   the requisite technical capacity and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment in the submitted
   company profile(s).
   Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
5. 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” First Published July 2016 and Revised Fifth Edition
   September 2023 (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
6. 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.
7. A Consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method
   set out in the Procurement Regulations.
8. Further information can be obtained at the address below during the following office hours 0900 and 1600
   hours from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours) East African Time (EAT) and public
   holidays.
9. Expression of interest must be delivered in written form by 8th October 2025 at 1000hours EAT. – using
   one of the following modalities: (i) deposit in the tender box located on 12th Floor, Telposta Towers, Kenyatta
   Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya or (ii) send by email to: procurement@ict.go.ke and quote the Assignment title
   and Contract No. in the subject row. For expressions of interest that will be deposited at the tender box,
   the packages should be clearly marked Consulting Services for Kenya Revenue Authority’s E-Invoicing
   Platform Simplification, Enhancement and Redesign, And Supervision of Implementation; Contract
   No. KE-ICTA-500783-CS-QCBS
   Address:
   Ag. Chief Executive Officer,
   The Information and Communications Technology Authority,
   P.O Box 27150, Kenyatta Avenue
   00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
   Tel.: (+254) 20 667 6999 / E-mail: info@ict.go.ke / procurement@ict.go.ke
   Attn: Deputy Director, Supply Chain Management