CONSTRUCTION WORKS FOR REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SYSTEMS FOR KERICHO AND LITEIN.

LAKE VICTORIA SOUTH WATER WORKS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TENDER OCTOBER 2025 

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH KFW DEVELOPMENT BANK

TENDER No.: LVSWWDA/PQ/KFW/WWM/W-2/2025 – R

Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency, is one of the nine Water Works Development Agencies, established in the Water Act 2016. The Agency is currently under the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation. It covers 8 Counties of Bomet, Homa Bay, Kericho, Kisii, Kisumu, Migori, Nyamira and Siaya.

The Government of Kenya (GoK) through the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MWSI) has received a loan from the Government of Germany, through KfW Development Bank (KfW) to undertake the “Waste Water Manage- ment at Lake Victoria South” programme for Kericho, Litein and Kisii Towns.

The Project aims to provide sustainable and equitable drinking water and basic sanitation facilities for the population and contribute towards the protection of water resources. The Project objective is to contribute to the protection of Lake Victoria from pollution by improving the quality of wastewater discharged into the lake and catchment area.

The Agency now invites applications for Prequalification from all eligible bidders for Lot 2 – Construction Works for Rehabilitation and Expansion of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems for Kericho and Litein, Kenya.

1. This Invitation for Prequalification follows the General Procurement Notice for this project that appeared on the website of Germany Trade and Invest GmbH (GTAI) on 21st October 2025. This Contract will be jointly financed by the Government of Kenya and Federal Republic of Germany through KfW. The prequalification and the bidding processes are for international competitive bidding (ICB), and will be governed by Kenyan national laws and regulations and the eligibility rules and procurement guidelines of KfW, as defined in the KfW Guidelines for the Procurement of Consulting Services, Works, Plant, Goods and Non-Consulting Services in Financial Cooperation with Partners, https://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/PDF/Download-Center/PDF-Dokumente-Richtlinien/FZ-Vergaberichtlinien-V-2021-EN.pdf.Properly executed Declarations of Undertaking shall be duly signed and submitted by all partners of the Applicant together with their Application.
2. The Republic of Kenya, represented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning has received financing loan from KfW towards part of the cost of the Project. The Project Executing Agency is Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency (LVSWWDA).
3. LVSWWDA (the “Employer”) intends to prequalify firms and joint ventures for bidding for the contract under this Project.

The anticipated contract scope of works includes the following:

1. a)Kericho Water Supply:

• Replacement (66km) and Expansion (28km) of water supply network in Kericho, Belgut, Ainamoi and Kapsoit, diameter varying from OD15 to OD250;
• Replacement of the about 7,930 pcs. defective consumer and bulk water meters and installation of about 2,000 pcs. additional new meters, diameter varying from OD15 to OD250;

1. b)Kericho Sanitation:

• Replacement of about 7 km of old, dilapidated and undersized sewers and Expansion of existing sewer network by about 35 km, diameters from OD200 to OD450; within: central CBD, CBD North, CBD South, Majengo, Baraka and Nyagacho Areas;
• Construction of about 1,800 pcs. of plot connections;
• Rehabilitation and upgrading of the existing WWTP from 660 m3/d to 3,500 m3/d;
• Repair of 4 No. exhauster trucks, capacities varying from 6m3 to 9m3.

1. c)Litein Water Supply:

• Rehabilitation of existing raw water intake works, conveyance system, Itare WTP and storage tanks;

1. d)Litein Sanitation:

• Construction of a faecal sludge treatment facility with treatment capacity of 20m3/d; including discharge bay equalization tank (32 m3), 2 no. anaerobic baffled reactors, 1 no. facultative pond, 2 no. constructed wetlands, 6 no. sludge drying beds, site and ancillary works;

4. This procurement application is for one works contract.
5. The duration of the Works is anticipated to be 24 months (+12 months DNP). The Works are anticipated to commence in May 2026.
6. It is expected that the Invitation for Bids will be made in January 2026.
7. Bidding Documents will be prepared in accordance with KfW Standard Bidding Documents for Works, with General Conditions governed by “Multilateral Development Bank Harmonised Edition (2010)” Conditions of Contract for Construction (Pink Book), under the license agreement between KfW and FIDIC.
8. For purposes of communication during the preparation of Prequalification Application, a Firm / Joint Venture / Association intending to submit Application shall be required to pre-register its intent by an email communication to the Employer through the address indicated: procurement@lvswwda.go.ke and cc mmayi@lvswwda.go.ke . The Prequalification Documents can be accessed free of charge from the LVSWWDA website www.lvswwda.go.ke   or the Government Tender Portal www.tenders.go.ke. Only ‘Pre-registered’ applicants shall qualify for communication of any subsequent clarification and/ or additional information pertaining to the PQ Document.
9. Addenda/ clarifications will also be posted on the LVSWWDA website and the Government Tender Portal immediately they become available.
10. Applications for Prequalification shall be in an envelope clearly marked with the following:

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