CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION STUDY – KENHA

KENYA NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY (KENHA) TENDER SEPTEMBER 2025 

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

MULTINATIONAL HORN OF AFRICA ISIOLO – MANDERA CORRIDOR

CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION STUDY

TENDER NO. KENHA/2892/2025

1. The Government of the Republic of Kenya has received financing from the African Development Fund (ADF) towards the cost of the Hom of Africa Isiolo – Mandera Corridor El Wak – Rhamu Road (Al 5) Upgrad­ing Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds for this loan to make eligible payments under the contract for the Consulting Services for Trade and Transport Facilitation Study.
2. The Consultancy Senrices among others will include (i) assessment of traffic and trade flows and baseline data collection along the corridor; (ii) assessment of trade and transport facilitation and identification of key gaps; (iii) analysis of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) and other institutional and policy/regulatory issues; and (iv) conducting a comparative analysis and propose recommendations to improve Terms of Trade. The assign­ment will take twelve (12) months.
3. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), being the implementing agency of the Government of the Republic of Kenya now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interests in providing the above services.
4. Interested firms must provide information indicating they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, in similar conditions and availability of the appropriate skills among staff, etc). Consultants may form joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification. The shortlisting criteria comprise:
5. a)Firm’s Registration: The firm shall have been registered for not less than 8 years in the fields of Transportation Engineering, Transportation Economics, Transportation Planning and Multilateral Trading System, Social Science, or related services as its core business.
6. b)Firm’s Experience: The firm must demonstrate competence and experience in successfully de­livering similar assignments in undertaking transportation engineering, transportation economics, transportation planning, multilateral/ regional trade or related social science studies and research. Specific experience of completing a minimum of five (5) similar nature and complexity assign­ments within the last eight (8) years is required. The nature and similarity of the assignments include the execution of all the aforementioned assignments to the International Standards.
7. c)Experience in similar conditions: The firms that demonstrate having experience in similar as­signments in Sub-Saharan Africa will be an added advantage.
8. d)Availability of Key Experts: The firm must demonstrate the requisite technical and managerial capacity to undertake the assignment Key Experts will, however, not be evaluated at the shortlis­ting stage.
9. Eligibility criteria, establishment of the short-list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank’s ‘Procurement Policy for Bank Group Funded Operations’-August, 2015, which is available on the Bank’s website at http://www.afdb.org. Borrowers are under no obligation to shortlist any consultant who expresses interest
10. Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours (weekdays from 0800hr to 1700hr local time, excluding public holidays).

Attention: Director (Development)

Street Address: Kenya National Highways Authority, Barabara Plaza, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JK1A), Nairobi, off Mazao road (Opposite Aviation House)

Floor/Room Number :154 Floor North wing. Block A

City:           NAIROBI, KENYA

Telephone: +254 700423606, +254 20 4954200

Email addresses: ddevelopment@kenha.co.ke, procurement@kenha.co.ke

7. Expressions of interest must be delivered in written form and dearly marked with the assignment title & Tender No. and deposited in the box at Kenya National Highways Authority Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Block C, Barabara Plaza, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JK1A), Nairobi, Off Mazao Road (Opposite Aviation House) or addressed to the:

Deputy Director, (Supply Chain Management)

Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA)

Floor, Block C, Barabara Plaza, Jomo Kenyatta

International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi

Off Mazao Road (Opposite Aviation House)

P.O. Box 49712-00100,

Tel: +254 700423606, +254 20 8013842,

Email: procurement@kenha.co.ke

so as to be received on or before 18th September 2025 at 1100hrs local time.

8. Electronic submission is NOT permitted. Late Expressions of Interests shall be rejected. Expressions of inter­est shall thereafter be opened in public on 18th September 2025 at 1100 hrs Local Time in the presence of the applicants’ designated representatives and anyone who chooses to attend at the address below.

KeNHA Headquarters,

Floor, Block C, Barabara Plaza,

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi

Off Mazao Road (Opposite Aviation House)

9. Interested Consultants are required to continually check the Kenya National Highways Authority website: www.kenha.co.ke for any additional information or clarifications that may arise before submission date.

Deputy Director (Supply Chain Management)

FOR: DIRECTOR GENERAL