CONSULTING SERVICES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE ECONOMY MASTER PLAN FOR KENYA

MINISTRY OF MINING, BLUE ECONOMY AND MARITIME AFFAIRS TENDER JULY 2025 

Kenya Marine Fisheries Socioeconomic Development Project (KEMFSED)

Request for Expression of Interest

(Consulting Services – Firm Selection)

1. The Government of Kenya has received a Credit from International Development Agency (IDA) towards the cost
   of the Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic Development Project (KEMFSED) and intends to apply
   part of the proceeds of this Credit to payments under this contract: Consultancy Services for Development of Blue
   Economy Master Plan for Kenya KE-MOMBEMA-C2-2024-040-CS-QCBS; MMBEMA/SDBE&F/01/2025-2026
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include developing a comprehensive 10-year Integrated Master Plan
   in order to guide and facilitate investment in the blue spaces and sustainable exploration and exploitation
   of blue resources to spur economic growth in Kenya, for a period of seven (7) months, from the date of
   contract commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Consulting Services for Development of Blue Economy
   Master Plan for Kenya can be found at the following websites: www.mibema.go.ke; www.kemfsed.org
   and www.tenders.go.ke
4. The State Department for the Blue Economy and Fisheries through the Kenya Marine Fisheries and
   Socio-Economic Development (KEMFSED) Project now invites eligible consulting firms 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:
   4.1 Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting
   firm with core business in the field natural resource management and with an understanding of
   Blue Economy priority sectors and especially in developing of government policies, plans, and
   strategies or related fields for a period of a minimum of 15 years.
   4.2 Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed
   at least 2 No. assignments of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in
   the last 10 years. Details of similar assignments-Name and address of the client, scope, value, and
   period should be provided in the submitted Expression of Interest including enumeration of these
   similar past assignments.
   4.3 Technical and managerial capability of the 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” July 2016 (“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 Consultant 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 office hours from 0900 to 1700 hours
   East African Time (EAT) from Monday to Friday excluding lunch hour (1300 to 1400hours EAT) and public holidays.
9. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below by either (i) deposit in the
   tender box located on Mezzanine Floor, Maktaba Kuu Building Opposite SHA Ngong Road Nairobi, Kenya or
   (ii) send by email to: info@kemfsed.org 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
   Consultancy Services for Development of Blue Economy Master Plan for Kenya; Contract
   No.: KE-MOMBEMA-C2-2024-040-CS-QCBS; MMBEMA/SDBE&F/01/2025-2026 by 22nd July, 2025
   at 1100 hours EAT.
   The address (es) referred to above is (are):

Physical Address
The Principal Secretary
Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime
Affairs
State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries
Ragati Road, SHA Building 14th Floor
P O Box 58187 – 00200 NAIROBI
Website: https//www.mibema.go.ke,

Other addresses
The National Project Coordinator
Kenya Marine Fisheries and Socio-Economic
Development (KEMFSED) Project
Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime
Affairs
State Department for the Blue Economy &
Fisheries
Maktaba Kuu Building, Mezannine Floor, Ngong
Road,
Website; www.kemfsed.org
Email: info@kemfsed.org
Telephone: +254-20-2718870

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