DESIGN OF NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL PAYMENTS ARCHITECTURE 2024 – ICTA

THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY TENDER APRIL 2024 

KENYA DIGITAL ECONOMY ACCELERATION PROJECT ICTA-PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION UNIT 

Request for Expression of Interest (Consulting Services – Firm Selection)

1. The Government of Kenya has received a Credit from World Bank towards the cost of the Kenya Digital Economy
Acceleration Project and intends to apply part of the proceeds of this Credit to payments under this contract
2. The consulting services (“the Services”) include Design of Next Generation Digital Payments Architecture. The
assignment is expected to take Twelve (12) calendar months from the date of commencement.
3. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: www.icta.go.ke
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:
a) Core business and years in business: The firm shall be registered/incorporated as a consulting firm with
core business in the field of telecommunications consultancy or equivalent for a minimum period of (ten)
10 years.
b) Relevant experience: The firm shall demonstrate as having successfully executed and completed at least
three assignments of similar nature, complexity and in a similar operating environment in the last eight years,
where each involved development/implementation of financial technology solutions in Mobile Banking,
Internet banking, Digital Channels or equivalent. Details of the similar assignments, with name and address
of the client, scope, value, and period should be provided and submitted.
c) 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” 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 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 shall be delivered by 10th May 2024 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
Design of Next generation Digital Payments Architecture; Contract No. KE-ICTA-401462-CS-QCBS
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