MINISTRY OF MINING, BLUE ECONOMY AND MARITIME AFFAIRS TENDER DECEMBER 2025
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR BLUE ECONOMY AND FISHERIES
AQUACULTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME(ABDP)
IFAD Loan No. 2000002052
ADVERTISEMENT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Country Kenya: Name of Project Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP)
Assignment/Contract Title: Provision of Cage Fish off taking service and supply of associated
inputs in Busia County
Reference No KEN-2000001132-0348-CS-LCS
- The Aquaculture Business Development Programme has received (or in appropriate cases “has applied
for”) financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and intends
to apply a part of the financing for the execution of the consulting services assignment described in
paragraph 3 below.
The use of any IFAD financing shall be subject to IFAD’s no-objection, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the financing agreement, as well as IFAD’s rules, policies and procedures. IFAD and its
officials, agents and employees shall be held harmless from and against all suits, proceedings, claims,
demands, losses and liability of any kind or nature brought by any party in connection with the Aquaculture
Business Development Programme (ABDP) - The Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP) overall objective is to enhance aquaculture
productivity, ensure a sustainable input supply system and output market access, and stabilize
farmers’ incomes for fish cage farmers from the riparian counties of Busia, Siaya, Kisumu, Homa Bay
and Migori. - The Objective of the assignment is to provide cage culture input management system in which the
anchor will undertake a synchronized supply of inputs (Fish post-fingerlings and fish feeds) based on
fish growing stage. ABDP will subsidize inputs for the first fish growing cycle with up to 70% cost of
inputs. The Anchor will provide the 30% cost of inputs on a buy-back arrangement where they will be
expected to recover their cost once they off-take and market the fish produced. The Other objective
will be to provide technical Assistance to cage culture beneficiaries in terms of cage management
including provision of feeding regimes, fish feeding, regular monitoring of water quality, sampling of
fish, security of cages and fish stocked, fish harvesting, fouling of cages and training on sustainable
aquaculture practices to improve yields and enhance the resilience of cage culture farming communities. - The Programme will pay for part of the inputs for one production cycle but the off-taker will sign an
agreement with the cage farmers on the subsequent input delivery and off-taking arrangements. - The client now invites proposals (“proposals”) from qualified consulting firms to provide the following
services (“services”): Provision of cage fish off-taking service and supply of associated
inputs to Busia County. More details on these services are provided in the terms of reference – Section
VI. This request for proposals (“RFP”) has been addressed to all qualified firms as described in
this document. - Subject to restrictions noted in the RFP, consultants may associate with other consultants to enhance
their capacity to successfully carry out the assignment. - A consultant will be selected using Least Cost Selection ( LCS) evaluation procedure in accordance
with the IFAD Procurement Handbook revised in 2020, which is available at www.ifad.org/project-
procurement. The selection process, as described, may include a reference check, prior to contract
award. - The RFP includes the following sections:
Part 1 – Proposal and Selection Procedures
Section I Letter of Invitation Requesting Proposals (LOI)
Section II Instructions to Consultants (ITC)
Section III Proposal Data Sheet (PDS)
Section IV Qualification and Evaluation Criteria
Section V A Technical Proposal Forms
Section V B Financial Proposal Forms
Section VI Terms of Reference
Part 2 – Conditions of Contract and Contract Forms
Section VII Contract Agreement and General Conditions of Contract (GCC)
Section VIII Special Conditions of Contract (SCC), Annexes to Contract and Contract Forms
Section IX Revised IFAD Policy on Preventing Fraud and Corruption in its Activities and
Operations - A pre-proposal conference will be held as described in the proposal data sheet (“PDS”), Section III of
this RFP on 19th December 2025 at 1100hrs at ABDP Regional Office, Pipeline Road, Kisumu. - Proposals must be delivered to the address and in the manner specified in the PDS ITC 20.3, 20.5 and
20.7 no later than 1100hrs EAT, on 5th January 2026. - Consultants should be aware that distance and customs formalities may require longer than expected
delivery time. Late proposals will not be accepted under any circumstances and will be returned
unopened to the consultant(s). - Electronic proposals shall not be accepted.
Yours Sincerely,
Programme Coordinator
Aquaculture Business Development Programme