CONSULTANCY SERVICES – SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF WORKS CONTRACTS FOR MINI GRIDS (COMPONENT 1)

KENYA POWER TENDER FEBRUARY 2024  

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, Installations
and Commissioning of Solar Photovoltaic Generation Plants with Associated Power Distribution
Network (Mini-Grids) in different counties. The assignment may require 123 Professional Person-months
and will be implemented between the period from September 2024 – May 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 The Kenya Power and
Lighting Company PLC website (www.kplc.co.ke) and UNDB online.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company PLC, 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:
i. Relevance and suitability of the applicant firm’s core business to this assignment.
ii. Interested consultancy firms must have at least ten (10) years of experience since registration.
iii. The firms must have undertaken similar assignments in a developing country within the last five (5)
years.
iv. Successful delivery of minimum of two (2) similar assignments in nature, complexity and size
assignments; One (1) of the two projects must be in PV energy sector.
v. 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, eight
hundred thousand (1.8 Million USD).
vi. 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.
Key Experts will not be evaluated at the shortlisting stage.
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.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality-Cost Based Selection (QCBS) method set out
in the Procurement Regulations.
Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours between
0900 to 1200 and 1400 to 1630 hours (East Africa time).
The Ag. Chief Supply Chain Officer (Connectivity and Turnkey Projects)
Infrastructure Development,
Stima Plaza, 2nd Floor,
Kolobot Road, Parklands,
P O Box 30099 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. +254 711 031033/+254 711 031349
Email: SMucheke@kplc.co.ke
Copy: Nkiminda@kplc.co.ke
AOmar@kplc.co.ke
Expressions of Interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or
by e-mail) by 19th March, 2024 at 10:00 am East African Time.
Attention:
The General Manager, Supply Chain & Logistics,
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company PLC,
Stima Plaza, Kolobot Road, Parklands,
Floor: 7th Floor, Room No.3
City: Nairobi
P.O. Box 30099 – 00100
Country: Kenya